If our 'good buddies' in the EU will allow us [and withdraw instantly if they do not] a law must be enacted to bring to an end idiocy, lunacy and political correctness from government and the Legal System.I propose 'The Law of Common Sense' which would have the power to over-ride any piece of nonsense.
For example, a person who is seriously injured in an accident might receive £10,000 in damages yet somebody who is called a name by a work colleague picks up a cool six figure sum. [Funny how they always sue the employer and not the individual, isn't it?]
Suresh Deman has made a good living across both sides of the Atlantic making spurious claims against everybody - usually based on his perceptions of racial prejudice.
It has taken 40 [yes, FORTY] claims before he has finally been stopped, when the Attorney General has had him declared a 'vexatious litigant'.
I think of the pregnant Wrens who had signed a document agreeing not to get pregnant - a tad unfair maybe - but nothing compared to European Courts awarding them £3oo,ooo of tapayers' money when they broke their contracts.
Name calling must NEVER gain even a fraction of the compensation of people with physical claims.
What of thieves, sacked by their employers who successfully sue? I could go on.
No. We need a law which takes the teeth out of all; vexatious, frivolous and run-with-it-and-see-what-we-get type claims. Ideally, it would always involve an element of risk to personal finances. This would only apply when claims are not recognisably sensible.
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