Parliament decided on 3 May 2006 to grant an ex gratia payment to the next of kin for the extra burden of having a new commission look into the case.
12.
The Partnership announced its intention to retain both businesses as key suppliers once they were under new ownership and to agree ex gratia payments to Partners employed at the affected sites.
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Lush's mother, Vera, told the inquest that her son " wanted to be a superstar ", and the BBC made an ex gratia payment of approximately ?20, 000 to the family.
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The Minister announced that no compensation would be paid, but that Bain would be given an ex gratia payment of $ 925, 000 if he agreed to stop all further legal action.
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In a brief to be filed with the U . S . government, Murtha cites several international cases in which ex gratia payments were made after American forces attacked allies and civilians.
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In response to the attack Prime Minister Singh sanctioned an ex gratia payment of Rs one lakh to the relatives of those dead and Rs 50, 000 to those injured in the blasts.
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After much legal argument an ex gratia payment was made amounting to ?60, 000, of which the four Captains would have received ?5, 000 each ( equivalent to ?} } in ).
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The compensation, known as ex gratia payments, has often been awarded to the families of people killed in accidental bombings by U . S . forces and carries no liability or suggestion of guilt.
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The Crown therefore agreed to make an ex gratia payment of $ 925, 000 in recognition of the time and expenses incurred by Bain during the compensation process and the desirability of avoiding further litigation.
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On September 12, 2007, Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, announced that the government of Canada was offering a one-time ex gratia payment of $ 20, 000 as the compensation package for Agent Orange exposure at CFB Gagetown.
