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Aggravated Damages: Compensation for making a bad situation worse
A recent EAT case has highlighted the difficulties involved in awarding damages for aggravating conduct separately from compensation for injury to feelings, explains Sarah Gregory ‘The EAT observed that aggravated damages are an aspect of injury to feelings and reiterated that their purpose is essentially compensatory, not punitive.’In a recent case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal …
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- Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Shaw [2011] UKEAT 0125
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