Double Recovery in UK Law
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Crises and Inequality: Lessons from the Global Food, Fuel, Financial and Economic Crises of 2008–10
This article points to three main lessons for social policy from the global crises of 2008–10. First, there is evidence that the crises and their public finance ramifications could be characterized...... ... Second, even as the recovery begins to benefit the banking and financial sectors where the financial ... double disadvantage from crises, and in order to mitigate possibly rising ... ...
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An insensitive issue: the Court of Appeal has issued detailed advice for tribunals to follow when assessing damages for injury to feelings in cases of sex discrimination. Sue Nickson explains the new guidelines.
... ... of personal injury such as psychiatric illness, there should be no double recovery of compensation. Aggravated damages are therefore to be treated ... ...
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COMPENSATION VERSUS PUNISHMENT IN DAMAGES AWARDS
... ... not in order to indulge in the speculative gamble of a double recovery where his injury is caused tortiously. In Browning ... ...
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Barclays Bank Plc v Kapur and Others
... ... Moreover, even if the bank's decision to prevent double jeopardy resulted in a detriment, it was justifiable in er to prevent double recovery by the complain- ants. The central issue which had to be ... ...
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LEGISLATION
... ... ” In its terms the provision seems to rule out recovery of damages for lost earnings in the years when, but for the ... Instead of just asking how double recovery and windfalls could be eliminated from one corner ... ...
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THE THEORY AND POLICY OF SHAREHOLDER ACTIONS IN TORT
... ... used to signify a minority shareholder action in which recovery is sought by the shareholder on behalf of the company. This ... a multiplicity of suits but also to prevent double recovery and to ensure that any damages recovered are ... ...
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Redrow Homes Ltd and Another v Bett Bros plc and Another [1998] 1 All ER 385
Originating from a Scottish action, this seminal House of Lords decision rules on the narrow question of awarding ‘additional damages’ under s. 97(2) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (herein...... ... both an award of compensatory damages and an account would lead to double recovery by a plaintiff. The basis for each is different. The former ... ...
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Tax Evasion: Update on the Proceeds of Crime Debate
This paper considers the argument that the financial benefit (or ‘pecuniary advantage’) derived from tax evasion does not represent the proceeds of crime for the purposes of the money‐laundering le...... ... 's counsel also raised the concern that, in theory, there could be double recovery against a person in Mr Allen's position if the Crown made a ... ...
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Damages for Wrongful Death: Has Lord Campbell's Act Outlived its Usefulness?
... ... with the beneficiaries of the estate, and in those cases double recovery was avoided by the rule that in calcu- lating a ... ...
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The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
... ... In particular, the law should prevent double recovery, so that a wrongdoer should not be held liable twice ... ...
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