Reply #20: More bad news for Voldemurdoch's wallet:

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Dismissed News of the World journalists may have grounds to sue

Journalists dismissed by the News of the World who are unable to find new jobs and fear their professional reputations have been damaged by the phone hacking scandal could have legal grounds for suing News International, according to employment specialists.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/10/news-of-the-world-journalists

more here:

Let’s assume everyone gets a maximum unfair dismissal award of £68K and a statutory redundancy payment of £5k. Add to that 200 protective awards of 90 days’ pay for each of the 200 journalists. I’m going to assume an average salary of £70,000 which pus the protective award at something like £17,000 per employee.

That gives us total compensation per employee of £90,000. Multiply that by 200 and you get £18,000,000.

http://www.incotraining.co.uk/burtsview/index.php/2011/07/news-of-the-world-and-employment-law/