Canada Iran should pay victims over 2020 plane downing, says Canadian court The court awarded more than €74 million in damages to the families of six of the victims, but it remains unclear how they will receive compensation from Tehran. 04/01/2022
France SNCF told to pay passenger over €1 million after train door accident France's national state-owned railway company has been ordered to pay more than €1 million in compensation to a passenger who had her leg amputated in 2008 after a train door accident. 10/11/2021
Travel News Post-Brexit passport blunder could mean Brits are owed thousands Due to confusion between UK and EU guidelines, British travellers have unfairly been denied on flights to the continent and might be owed compensation. 16/09/2021
Germany Germany compensates hundreds convicted under homosexuality law Germany's justice ministry said it had so far paid out nearly €860,000 in 249 cases. 14/09/2021
Spain Spanish woman sues after DNA test reveals baby swap mistake The error was only realised after a DNA test revealed that one of the women was not the daughter of her presumed parents. 08/09/2021
Egypt Ever Given ship finally leaves Suez Canal after compensation agreed Suez Canal authorities have released the Ever Given shipping vessel that blocked the crucial east-west waterway for nearly a week in March. 07/07/2021
Russia Russia rejects Czech appeal for damages over deadly 2014 blasts The Czech Republic had demanded compensation from Moscow over a deadly 2014 explosion at an ammunition depot, which Prague blames on two Russian GRU agents. 01/07/2021
Czech Republic Czech Republic demands damages from Russia over 2014 depot explosion The Czech Foreign Ministry said they had summoned Russia's ambassador on Monday to call for compensation. 28/06/2021
USA Bayer to pay $10.9 billion to settle weedkiller cancer lawsuits German chemical giant Bayer said Wednesday it would pay up to $10.9 billion (9.6 billion euros) to settle a wave of lawsuits from Americans who allege its Roundup weedkiller caused their cancers. 24/06/2020
View The broken airline delay compensation scheme needs fixing to benefit airlines and passengers ǀ View The EU passenger compensation scheme is broken. The mechanics of the program are not working today for airlines or passengers. That is because there is no uniform arbiter for when passengers are due compensation, and no streamlined process for either passengers or airlines to settle up. 13/02/2020
