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Social action, responsibility and heroism bill

Mr Grayling MP has undermined the basic levels of safety that employers need to provide to protect their staff. We work with victims that are far from ‘dumb’, as Mr Grayling MP describes, but have experienced life changing injuries because they suffered through the action or inaction of their employers.

Responsible, qualified solicitors understand what amounts to a breach of duty or negligence on the part of an employer. If an employee causes their own accident, then the simple fact is they are the author of their own misfortune and do not have a valid claim against their employer. Similarly, responsible employers have nothing to fear in relation to litigation.

Clearly Mr Grayling has pandered to insurance companies that would like to spread the false notion of a ‘compensation culture’. I completely agree with shadow justice secretary, Mr Sadiq Khan MP, that the figures this Bill is based on are inaccurate and out-of-date. We strongly urge the Government to spend more of its time educating employers and employees on what consists of negligence rather than denying people access to justice when they have suffered an injury due to the negligence of others.

By Kathryn Langton, solicitor at Your Legal Friend

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