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out-of-court settlement

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out-of-court settlement
a suit for damages listed for a court hearing which is settled out of court by mutual agreement between the parties.


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They showed pounds 4,017,233 in compensation was paid by publicly-run prisons in out-of-court settlements to inmates in 2005-06, almost twice the 2004-05 figure of pounds 2,160,530.
Byline: Mark Hookham THE pounds 5m out-of-court settlement may be the final chapter in the Alder Hey organ retention scandal.
He said the high level of out-of-court settlements suggests a policy which is designed "to minimise negative publicity for the force".
 
 
 
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