Sentence examples for sums awarded from inspiring English sources

Despite the handful of multimillion-pound cases which hit the headlines, only a tiny minority of claimants are successful and most sums awarded modest.

CRITICS of American tort law often concentrate on the huge sums awarded to people for apparently trivial "injuries", such as the long-term distress caused by a spilt cup of coffee.

The sums awarded today were: * An agreed figure of £35,000 for general damages for pain and suffering, loss of amenity and loss of congenial employment, with agreed interest on that sum of £1,515.

The sums awarded in damages are so vast that investment funds have taken notice: corporations' claims against states are now seen as assets that can be invested in or used as leverage to secure multimillion-dollar loans.

The UK contributes just over 11% of the EU's budget, but during the last seven-year EU funding programme, known as FP7, won 15.5% – about €7bn (£5bn) – of the sums awarded.

The sums awarded as prize money, distributed in equal proscribed shares among the crews of Ethalion, Naiad, Alcmene and Triton were among the largest ever recorded.

"We are happy to pay the very small sum awarded.

Writing in the New York Post, Ed Mullins, the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, described the sum awarded to the Garners as "obscene".

Moreover, a lump sum awarded by a court cannot be invested so as to provide a secure inflation-protected income for life.

The HLF admitted it was unlikely its staff had inspected the mural since the grant was a small sum awarded under its fast-track funding scheme.

Note that the so-called "outrageous" sum awarded in the McDonald's coffee-scalding case had the essential effect of forcing McDonald's to change its practices so that no future customers were at risk of being scalded.