Ministry of Defence
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Ministry of Defence
According to Yahoo UK News, the M-O-D have agreed to pay 2 million pounds to an Iraqi who, when aged 13, was injured when his UK soldier friend in Baghdad or wherever accidentally dropped his gun, which discharged on impact. Bearing in mind that UK soldiers are only entitled to a maximum 285,000 pounds, does the team think that this decision is a little crazy and could open the floodgates to many similar claims? I have no problem with the decision to compensate but its the amount which I object to...
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Re: Ministry of Defence
According to Yahoo UK News, the M-O-D have agreed to pay 2 million pounds to an Iraqi who, when aged 13, was injured when his UK soldier friend in Baghdad or wherever accidentally dropped his gun, which discharged on impact. Bearing in mind that UK soldiers are only entitled to a maximum 285,000 pounds, does the team think that this decision is a little crazy and could open the floodgates to many similar claims? I have no problem with the decision to compensate but its the amount which I object to...
And instead of using Yahoo as a News Source - why not the BBC?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7347691.stm
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According to Yahoo UK News, the M-O-D have agreed to pay 2 million pounds to an Iraqi who, when aged 13, was injured when his UK soldier friend in Baghdad or wherever accidentally dropped his gun, which discharged on impact. Bearing in mind that UK soldiers are only entitled to a maximum 285,000 pounds, does the team think that this decision is a little crazy and could open the floodgates to many similar claims? I have no problem with the decision to compensate but its the amount which I object to...
an award in the English courts would normally give approx GBP 150,000 just for the pain and suffering of the injury itself. then you have loss of standard o living/ loss of chance/ loss of future income/ future medical costs etc etc.
so it is probably a fair amount and a little on the low side compared to an award that would be made if this had happened in England.
I cannot understand how he was able to bring a claim through the English courts though for something that happened in Iraq.
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was just about to post that it is ridiculous but then read that the kid is paralyzed and will need help for the rest of his life and will probably never work.
an award in the English courts would normally give approx GBP 150,000 just for the pain and suffering of the injury itself. then you have loss of standard o living/ loss of chance/ loss of future income/ future medical costs etc etc.
so it is probably a fair amount and a little on the low side compared to an award that would be made if this had happened in England.
I cannot understand how he was able to bring a claim through the English courts though for something that happened in Iraq.
an award in the English courts would normally give approx GBP 150,000 just for the pain and suffering of the injury itself. then you have loss of standard o living/ loss of chance/ loss of future income/ future medical costs etc etc.
so it is probably a fair amount and a little on the low side compared to an award that would be made if this had happened in England.
I cannot understand how he was able to bring a claim through the English courts though for something that happened in Iraq.
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It's not quite as 'cut and dried' as that.
And instead of using Yahoo as a News Source - why not the BBC?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7347691.stm
And instead of using Yahoo as a News Source - why not the BBC?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7347691.stm
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Well maybe you should take some time to read, digest and understand the content before posting in the style of 'Outraged of Tunbridge Wells'.
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What on earth are you talking about? I said that both reports are identical and stand by my view that the amount paid is unreasonably high. What is your point?
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My personal favourite news channel is Al Jazeerah...they have recruited some pretty good presenters as well as being reasonably impartial.
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If there is an earthquake in a muslim country they will balme the zionists!