compensation for distress, inconvenience or other non-financial loss
9. allowance for consumer's time
In awarding compensation, we sometimes make allowance for the time the consumer needed to spend to put things right – though not usually for the consumer’s time in dealing with us. This will normally be at a modest rate (around £50 to £100 a day, and not more than £10 per hour). However, a higher amount may be appropriate in the case of business complaints – but not usually as much as the business’s charge-out rate.
10. allowance for consumer's expenses
We may also make allowance for expenses reasonably incurred – such as a reasonable estimate of the cost of phone calls and postage.
Where the business’s actions have denied the consumer access to a service, the cost of obtaining that service by another means (even where the consumer did not in fact do this) can sometimes be useful measure. For example, where a business’s actions denied the consumer the use of a car for a period, it will be relevant to consider the cost of hiring a car (or other forms of transport).
9. allowance for consumer's time
In awarding compensation, we sometimes make allowance for the time the consumer needed to spend to put things right – though not usually for the consumer’s time in dealing with us. This will normally be at a modest rate (around £50 to £100 a day, and not more than £10 per hour). However, a higher amount may be appropriate in the case of business complaints – but not usually as much as the business’s charge-out rate.
10. allowance for consumer's expenses
We may also make allowance for expenses reasonably incurred – such as a reasonable estimate of the cost of phone calls and postage.
Where the business’s actions have denied the consumer access to a service, the cost of obtaining that service by another means (even where the consumer did not in fact do this) can sometimes be useful measure. For example, where a business’s actions denied the consumer the use of a car for a period, it will be relevant to consider the cost of hiring a car (or other forms of transport).
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