Health and safety mafia......

[Loosehead]

Are they getting ever more desparate to justify their jobs?
http://www.express.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku= 397

[admarlow]

Id give them the �300 my self!

[Mabelcat]

Controversial as it may be I don't see where the gripe is with this.

After all it's the over 65 generation who watch too much daytime telly and cheap legal services ads and who first started sueing local authorities over wobbly paving stones etc.

So...it's not a health and safety piece of nonsense - they are merely reacting to the possibility of legal action being taken in the event of any problems...what would you say if your council tax was increased just to fund the amount of compensation being given to chancers and their grubby lawyers?

[Oneeyedvic]

Is that "id give them" or "I will be giving them" - if it is the latter, then well done and I look forward to seeing the reports on tv that you have donated the money.

Interestingly, acording to this book: http://www.stellaawards.com/book.html

"Yet a 2003 study found that the previous
year, Nottingham Council paid out �1.5 million in compensation over pavement tripping claims, but only put �1.2 million toward actually fixing the pavements. The same year, Cardiff paid out � 1.7 million in pavement claims, three-quarters of its � 2.2 million roads budget."

Is it therefore unreasonable to expect an organised parade to pay for insurance and carry out a risk assessment?

[sandbach99]

I thought it was the councils insurers that paid out, or do the councils pay out relatively small amounts themselves to save on premiums?.
Or do the insurers now say it is lack of proper maintenance by the councils and refuse to pay.
Here a local primary school cancelled the walk they have always done on Crowning of the Rose Queen day. this walk was done down 3 estate type roads, no main roads, the walk was cancelled due to the cost of the police and insurance as these would probably exceeded what they would have made at the fete
What sort of risk assessment are they expected to do, check every paving slab to make sure it doesn't wobble, is undamaged and is even to the adjacent ones. If checking the road how do they cover the chance that a vehicle may loose some oil or other slippery substance that someone may fall on after they have done the risk assessment.