“Gary Prentice, 45, a former forklift truck driver, looks certain to lose the executive home, worth an estimated ?200,000, that he bought with the pay-out. … [As] news spread of the payment five years after the accident, neighbours began to question Mr Prentice’s version. They said he had not broken his ankle on a grassed area maintained by East Cambridgeshire district council but had done it while playing with his stepson.” Moral: watch out for those pesky neighbors (David Sapsted, Daily Telegraph, Sept. 11). “Speaking in Los Angeles on Monday, Lord Levene, Lloyd’s chairman, attacked America’s compensation culture as ‘pernicious, cancerous and ruinous’ and added that Britain was ‘falling into the same abyss’.” (“A litigious nation” (editorial), Daily Telegraph, Sept. 17).
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“Man who claimed he fell down pothole must pay back ?238,000”
“Gary Prentice, 45, a former forklift truck driver, looks certain to lose the executive home, worth an estimated ?200,000, that he bought with the pay-out. … [As] news spread of the payment five years after the accident, neighbours began to question Mr Prentice’s version. They said he had not broken his ankle on a grassed area maintained by East Cambridgeshire district council but had done it while playing with his stepson.” Moral: watch out for those pesky neighbors (David Sapsted, Daily Telegraph, Sept. 11). “Speaking in Los Angeles on Monday, Lord Levene, Lloyd’s chairman, attacked America’s compensation culture as ‘pernicious, cancerous and ruinous’ and added that Britain was ‘falling into the same abyss’.” (“A litigious nation” (editorial), Daily Telegraph, Sept. 17).
UK: “New rules are thatchers’ final straw”
When authenticity menaces authenticity: the head of Britain’s National Society of Master Thatchers is warning that the 2,000-year-old craft of roof-thatching could be killed off if historic-preservation authorities enforce rules insisting on the use of locally grown thatching materials, such as Cotswold long straw and East Anglia water reed. Because the English materials are not as durable as thatching supplies imported from growers in Turkey, Russia and South Africa, some homeowners face frequent need for rethatching which can make it uneconomical for them to keep up centuries-old cottages. “There are about 50,000 thatched buildings in Britain, around half of which are listed buildings and therefore come under the jurisdiction of English Heritage.” “We are traditionally a passive bunch,” said the head of the thatchers’ group. “But we are livid that English Heritage are determined to kill off new developments in thatching.” (Rajeev Syal, Daily Telegraph, Sept. 7).
UK: “Ex-Pc wins ?87,000 for trauma”
If he wanted to avoid emotional trauma, maybe he chose the wrong line of work? From Glasgow, Scotland: “A former policeman who sued a widower because he experienced the trauma of seeing the man’s wife die in a crash with his speeding patrol car has won ?87,275 damages. George Gilfillan was awarded the money even though a judge ruled that he was driving ‘much too fast’ and said that he was 50 per cent to blame.” The court also awarded the widower ?16,000 in a counterclaim. (Tom Peterkin, Daily Telegraph, Aug. 13).
UK: “Ex-Pc wins ?87,000 for trauma”
If he wanted to avoid emotional trauma, maybe he chose the wrong line of work? From Glasgow, Scotland: “A former policeman who sued a widower because he experienced the trauma of seeing the man’s wife die in a crash with his speeding patrol car has won ?87,275 damages. George Gilfillan was awarded the money even though a judge ruled that he was driving ‘much too fast’ and said that he was 50 per cent to blame.” The court also awarded the widower ?16,000 in a counterclaim. (Tom Peterkin, Daily Telegraph, Aug. 13).
UK: “Ex-Pc wins ?87,000 for trauma”
If he wanted to avoid emotional trauma, maybe he chose the wrong line of work? From Glasgow, Scotland: “A former policeman who sued a widower because he experienced the trauma of seeing the man’s wife die in a crash with his speeding patrol car has won ?87,275 damages. George Gilfillan was awarded the money even though a judge ruled that he was driving ‘much too fast’ and said that he was 50 per cent to blame.” The court also awarded the widower ?16,000 in a counterclaim. (Tom Peterkin, Daily Telegraph, Aug. 13).
UK: “Ex-Pc wins ?87,000 for trauma”
If he wanted to avoid emotional trauma, maybe he chose the wrong line of work? From Glasgow, Scotland: “A former policeman who sued a widower because he experienced the trauma of seeing the man’s wife die in a crash with his speeding patrol car has won ?87,275 damages. George Gilfillan was awarded the money even though a judge ruled that he was driving ‘much too fast’ and said that he was 50 per cent to blame.” The court also awarded the widower ?16,000 in a counterclaim. (Tom Peterkin, Daily Telegraph, Aug. 13).
UK: “Ex-Pc wins ?87,000 for trauma”
If he wanted to avoid emotional trauma, maybe he chose the wrong line of work? From Glasgow, Scotland: “A former policeman who sued a widower because he experienced the trauma of seeing the man’s wife die in a crash with his speeding patrol car has won ?87,275 damages. George Gilfillan was awarded the money even though a judge ruled that he was driving ‘much too fast’ and said that he was 50 per cent to blame.” The court also awarded the widower ?16,000 in a counterclaim. (Tom Peterkin, Daily Telegraph, Aug. 13).
UK: “Ex-Pc wins ?87,000 for trauma”
If he wanted to avoid emotional trauma, maybe he chose the wrong line of work? From Glasgow, Scotland: “A former policeman who sued a widower because he experienced the trauma of seeing the man’s wife die in a crash with his speeding patrol car has won ?87,275 damages. George Gilfillan was awarded the money even though a judge ruled that he was driving ‘much too fast’ and said that he was 50 per cent to blame.” The court also awarded the widower ?16,000 in a counterclaim. (Tom Peterkin, Daily Telegraph, Aug. 13).
UK: “Ex-Pc wins ?87,000 for trauma”
If he wanted to avoid emotional trauma, maybe he chose the wrong line of work? From Glasgow, Scotland: “A former policeman who sued a widower because he experienced the trauma of seeing the man’s wife die in a crash with his speeding patrol car has won ?87,275 damages. George Gilfillan was awarded the money even though a judge ruled that he was driving ‘much too fast’ and said that he was 50 per cent to blame.” The court also awarded the widower ?16,000 in a counterclaim. (Tom Peterkin, Daily Telegraph, Aug. 13).