It is also a particular disappointment that we have still not seen any of the statistical evidence that supports the assertion most claimants will be no worse off – and indeed many will be better off – as a result of the 10% rise in general damages compensating for the end of recoverability.
Whether the high court finds in favour of the claimants or Theresa May's assertion that the prime minister has power under the royal prerogative to inform Brussels of the UK's intention to leave, one side or the other is likely to appeal to the supreme court.
Accounting issues had previously been raised, including the assertion that some claimants who received multiple checks only cashed those for smaller amounts, even though checks for larger amounts were supposedly sent out at the same time.
And it may be exercised by forcible seizure of the property or by suit and, if by suit, the suit is purely possessory and must be yielded to; the right of any claimant being postponed to subsequent assertion.
Concerning objectors' assertions that exposure-only claimants do not satisfy the $50,000 amount-in-controversy and may have no currently ripe claim, see Metro-North Commuter R. Co. v. Buckley, ante, p. 424 (Federal Employers' Liability Act, 35 Stat.
Concerning objectors' assertions that exposure-only claimants do not satisfy the $50,000 amount-in-controversy and may have no currently ripe claim, see Metro-North Commuter R. Co. v. Buckley, --- U.S. ----, ----, 117 S.Ct.
The work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith claimed recently that the very threat of the cap had already galvanised 8,000 claimants to move into work, but this assertion was roundly criticised by the UK's statistics watchdog on the basis that it was groundless.
The subsequent review of that investigation by the Assistant Commissioner John Yates in 2009, who found that police had correctly limited their inquiries to a "handful" of victims, will also be scrutinised as part of the assertion by Lord Prescott and his co-claimants that their human rights were infringed because police failed to tell them until earlier this year that they were targeted.
Pelley wore an expression of solicitous dismay at every assertion by BP's front man, an executive named Geoff Morrell, about fraudulent business claimants.
This Court therefore declines to resolve objectors' assertions that no justiciable case or controversy is presented and that the exposure-only claimants lack standing to sue.
