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David Flood, representing Cash, said: "It appears that the claimant is attempting to use this tribunal as a form of effectively putting him on trial generally as to his business and financial dealings, and using as justification the claimant's own decision not to accept that he was employed by a company rather than Mr Cash."
Tycoon 'sacked housekeepers in row over chicken dinner' 2011
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It was indeed "tabloid gold" designed to appeal to prurience, and it did entail a significant intrusion on the claimant's private life.
Sunday Mirror eludes Ferdinand offside trap, but it's no reprieve for 'kiss and tell' | Andrew Scott 2011
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Instead the money will have to come from the claimant's damages which, in some cases, may be too small to pay the legal costs.
Charities warn reforms will affect legal recourse over human rights abuses 2012
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On Monday, a judge declined to end the injunction, saying the question is whether the reasons to reveal the claimant's identity outweighed "the legitimate interests of himself and his family in maintaining anonymity."
MP Fuels Debate on Privacy Law Cassell Bryan-Low 2011
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Neither the success fee of the claimants' solicitor nor the claimant's "after the event insurance" covering costs if there is no success will be recoverable in future from a losing defendant.
Charities warn reforms will affect legal recourse over human rights abuses 2012
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Some rely on medical testimony provided by the claimant's attorney.
Disability-Claim Judge Has Trouble Saying 'No' Damian Paletta 2011
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Less extraordinary claims take longer, often months, as debunkers wait for a claimant's file to be sent by the military records center.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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The new upper limit will be delivered by councils through cuts to housing benefit, as this payment is based on a final assessment of a claimant's total income.
Benefit cuts 'will force thousands into suburbs' Patrick Wintour 2010
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"In addition, it may be that the methods for calculating an individual claimant's damages will be hotly contested and may trigger additional appeals," the judge said.
Vivendi Fraud Claims Ruled Limited to ADR Holders Chad Bray 2011
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As such, any reforms should be undertaken with caution, and it is important that any evidence-gathering is relevant, truly independent and conducted by appropriately qualified professionals, and that proper weight is given to other evidence, for example from the claimant's GP.For these reasons, we call for the reform of DLA, and other "anti-disability" provisions that will place extra pressure on social care and social services, to be removed from the welfare reform bill.
Letters: Welfare reform bill will punish disabled people and the poor 2011
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