I've heard people do things like that on purpose and blame it on the stupidest things (like in this situation) and probably live off the money they get for it.
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M&S appealed and won today, common sense won it I guess. The judge summed it up rather well 'Not enough evidence and could happen to anyone'
The man is now going to have to pay £15,000 to M&S now and another £5,000 in costs!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7292657.stm
He was representing himself according to that first story, no clever lawyer ;). I like this part though;
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Mr Martin-Sklan has to pay around £15,000 towards Marks and Spencer's costs and given 28 days to pay an interim sum of £7,500.
Im happy M&S won, because a kid of put the grape there, so why blame M&S? It can happen to anyone and it might be his own fault for now wearing suitable footwear. Well done M&S for winning :P
What an incredible story, I'm amazed it went on as long as it did. The lengths some people will go to just to get an easy ride in life. Totally pathetic.
Glad with the outcome of it, unlucky for him; he saw a quick way to richness then ended up paying out a lot!
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you shouldn't be allowed to sue over something so stupid in my opinion