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Friday, March 20, 2009

A pathetic waste of money

A pathetic waste of money



Head teacher who suffered stress from racism accusations wins £400,000 damages

This is compensation culture gone mad. The former head teacher decided to take early retirement, then claim for the wages she would have received and pension had she continued to work. Whilst she may have had an unpleasant experience by all of this, I suspect that her ambulance chasing lawyer has gilded the lily somewhat. Given that the relatives of soldiers killed or soldiers seriously injured are only awarded half that amount, it makes a mockery of the whole system. In my view, £50,000 would have been a sufficient monetary award in a case like this.

1 comment:

James Higham said...

Eh? What sort of racism would you direct at her?

By the way, how did the Tesco thing go?