Sentences with phrase «often awarded an amount»

In a civil trial, the successful litigant is often awarded an amount for their legal costs.

Not exact matches

«We recommend that both HMRC and DWP urgently review their communication products to understand why claimants have not informed HMRC about the award of their child's disability benefit especially when it often leads to an increase in the amount of tax credits received.

Amounts awarded by courts are often substantial.

That often leads to default judgements, or awards of nearly the amount requested by the plaintiff.

American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer - friendly changes to its frequent - flier program.The new «One - Way Flex Awards» will allow customers to book one - way tickets for half the amount of miles needed for a round - trip ticket, and will also let passengers book multi-city itineraries and combine award seats with non-award seats.Under the old paradigm, passengers could only book round - trips to and from the same city and were forced to fly in an award seat of equal value for both legs of the journey.This often made booking award travel an exercise in futility — for example, an award seat might be available only on an outbound journey, but not the return trip.But now passengers will be able to fly to New York in an award seat, and return in a premium - fare seat if a return award seat is not available.

Reward models matter Sorensen says the amount of award seats available often reflects a tension within airlines.

However, it's more common for airlines to devalue their currencies — most often by increasing the amount of miles needed for award flights.

Delta refuses to publish an award chart, devalues overnight without announcement and often requires an absurd amount of miles for award tickets.

I was about to pull the trigger, but then I thought to check out options using my British Airways Avios, since I have way more of them than AAdvantage miles and I value my AA miles much higher than BA Avios for several reasons: primarily the lower fees and mileage amounts needed for most awards (especially those with multiple connections) and because AA miles are generally harder to accrue vs. British Airways, which is an instant 1:1 transfer partner of both American Express Membership Rewards (often with up to 50 % bonuses) and Chase Ultimate Rewards.

It often charges outrageous amounts for business class awards on the flights it operates.

The Asia Miles award chart is distance based, and redemptions are often 30 % more to twice the amount you'd pay with AAdvantage miles.

Many rewards cards often require you to spend a minimum amount over a certain period — generally three months — before your bonus is awarded.

Stars are collected throughout the game after completing levels, and are awarded on the amount of gems collected and how often you die.

The Wrongest Product Awards will go to those products (and their designers) that embody the least amount of redeeming value while incurring the use of unnecessary, often gratuitous, materials or energy.

The amount of money that is awarded for these damages is usually determined by a jury, although a judge must often approve the final verdict, sometimes adding interest and attorney's fees to the total.

The study shows that punitive damages are awarded to corporations more often than to human plaintiffs, and in higher amounts.

Another significant and surprising finding with regard to damages to corporations is that in the 2003 - 13 data, punitive damages were awarded to corporations much more often, and in much higher amounts, than to human plaintiffs.

Often times, they double or triple the amount of economic or other damages that are awarded.

(2009 - HPA - 0001 (a) etc., March 17, 2010) Similarly, courts involving «small» amounts (like small claims courts, which currently address disputes involving $ 25,000 or less) often do not provide for costs awards.

Around $ 100 million of class funds were given to charitable organizations via «fixed» cy - près awards — where the recipient, and often the payment amount, is known when the settlement is reached.

The most serious brain injury claims can be awarded very high compensation amounts, and as a result, are often aggressively defended by the medical facility concerned.

That often leads to default judgements, or awards of nearly the amount requested by the plaintiff.

Salvador v. Uncle Sam Auctions & Realty, Inc. (30 A.D. 3d 861)- judgments awarding brokerage commission and counsel's fees affirmed; Supreme Court resolved key factual disputes in favor of broker based upon credible testimony; an award of counsel's fees was authorized by the contract; commission awarded in the amount of $ 87,500.00 and attorney's fees award in the amount of $ 44,500.00; Appellate Division declined to reduce the amount of counsel's fees awarded as excess legal work resulted in large part from unavailing and often unnecessary paths pursued and tactics employed by plaintiff; request for appellate counsel fees should be directed to court of original instance