compensation Tag

Compensation claims against Lambeth Council increase by 500 per cent

Compensation paid out by Lambeth Council for its mistakes increased by 500 per cent last year, it has emerged. The town hall paid out £118,812 in compensation in 2009-10 compared to £19,706 in 2008-09, according to a council report. The increase comes as it emerged the council received about twice as many complaints about its [...]

Council Pays £60k Following Complaints

COMPLAINTS against Cardiff council to a local government watchdog have resulted in payouts totalling more than £60,000, the Echo can reveal. The data, released under the Freedom of Information Act, showed the Public Services Ombudsman has investigated 422 complaints into the council over the past five years. In 75 of these investigations the council was [...]

‘Appalling’ Council Threatens 102-Year-Old Woman With Bailiffs

A council sent a court summons to a frail 102-year-old woman who has dementia and lives in a nursing home. Wheelchair-bound Ethel Branton was threatened with bailiffs for non-payment of council tax in a letter from officials at Islington Town Hall. She is exempt from the tax as she is in residential care at the [...]

Harlow Council Compensates Woman For Leak Fix Delay

An Essex council has paid £4,500 compensation after a report found its delay in fixing a leak in a bedroom had a “negative impact” on a family’s life. Harlow Council’s 18-month delay meant the complainant’s daughter had to share a bed with her, sleep on a sofa or stay with friends. A report by a [...]

Liverpool Council Abandoned Asylum Seeker, Says Report

AN ASYLUM-SEEKING girl who fled forced prostitution and witchcraft in Cameroon was abandoned by Liverpool social workers who refused to believe she was only a child. The authority has been found guilty of causing injustice to the girl, who said she was almost 15 but whom social workers “with no specific training” deemed was 23. [...]

Council Payout to Whistleblower

Ms Pauline Scanlon was awarded £442,466 in compensation for loss of earnings by a tribunal after she was harassed and dismissed for reporting an unadvertised appointment of Human Resources Manager at Redcar and Cleveland Council. Ms Scanlon, 45, was harassed by Council bosses for two years before been sacked after she complained that the job [...]