Sentences with phrase «claimants awarded money»
You will see from the compendium that the great majority of the claimants awarded money are not paralyzed nor are they in a vegetative state.
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He, therefore, prayed the court to see that the money withdrawn was reversed to the claimant's account and award N3bn compensation to his client.
This is more that 25 percent of all money awarded to Workers» Compensation claimants annually, according to the report.
Sanctions which are specified are stay until retrospective compliance, an order for costs (including small claims track unreasonable behaviour costs), deprival or lowering of interest on money awarded to the claimant and enhanced interest on money payable by the defendant (but not more than 10 % over base).
The purpose of an award for pain and suffering, called «non-pecuniary damages», is to provide money compensation that ameliorates the condition of an injured claimant.
It meant that some compensation awards doubled or even tripled, but that claimants no longer had to take risks with their money to make it last for their lifetimes.
A cause of action is available at common law for money paid under a mistake of law, and the court has jurisdiction at common law to award compound interest where the claimant seeks a restitutionary remedy for the time value of money paid under a mistake.
Settlement conferences are mandatory in all BC court registries, except Robson Square in Vancouver, and except for motor vehicle accident cases in which liability is in dispute and a judge is asked to determine who is at fault and / or how much money to award the claimant, if any.
Whether the interlocutory freezing order made was to protect the ability of the claimant, or HEE, to recover money awards they might succeed in obtaining in proceedings in England, or to recover money awards they might succeed in recovering in proceedings in South Africa, there was jurisdiction, in the strict sense, for the order to be made.
The objective is an award of damages which places claimants as nearly as possible in the position, in so far as money can achieve, as they would have been in had they not been injured,...