Compensation Bill Promotion
The All Party Group promotes awareness of Compensation Bill People who should benefit from the Compensation Bill do not even know about it. Teachers, Youth workers, sports coaches….all who risk litigation in their work could benefit and are to be targetted by a promotion of the Compensation Bill and its purpose sponsored by 'Go Ape'. […]
Better Regulation sees the light
Better Regulation report supports campaign objectives and asks government to deliver them, calling for a public debate on its report: “Risk, Responsibility, Regulation: Whose Risk Is It Anyway?”. If you seek change, join this campaign because every voice helps.
Adventure is on the agenda
Ian Lewis stated, “The Campaign hopes the All Party Parliamentary Group, 'A RISc', will also investigate positive aspects of healthy risk-taking, hopefully leading to a reduction in vandalism, self-mutilation, obesity, substance abuse, suicide and violence – all (mis-)adventures practised by far too many young people. There is ample evidence that this is because developing young […]
The Lord Chancellor is sending a clear message
The Lord Chancellor is sending a clear message out to all organisations including schools, youth organisations, communities, in fact all who contribute to our society, that the perceived threat of the “compensation culture” must not prevent leading and participating in 'initiative taking'.
National Goodwill is being lost
Compensation Culture and the apparent, yet none existant litigeous culture…. The Compensation Act was passed on July 25 2006 to combat this compensation perception issue. Judges now may to take into account the wider issues of society when finding fault or blame in compensation cases.
Archbishop warns of child crisis
Most Rev and the Rt Hon the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Williams. Children today face too much "pressure to achieve". Accountability is needed but in the form of trust, professionalism and dependability through professional values which would free up aspects of volunteering, would not load guilt on to parents and would allow realistic attitudes […]
Compensation Bill – What it all means…
Achieving Royal Assent is just the end of the beginning. The future requires that society, every individual and organisation, public, private and voluntary, uses the clarity of this new law. This means not diminishing opportunties achievement and the realisation of potential through risk-averse behaviour. This particularly pertains to education, work with young people and all […]
HSE makes clear its position on risk
HSC tells health and safety pedants to "get a life" Statement by Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission I am sick and tired of hearing about petty health and safety stopping people doing worthwhile and enjoyable things, when at the same time others are suffering harm and even death due to poor […]
A message from Julian Brazier TD MP
A message from Julian Brazier TD MP, with Lembit Opik and Derek Wyatt, Co-Chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Adventure -'ARISc': Dear All, I suddenly realised that I had not yet sent round a final brief on the Compensation Bill. We did not get any further concessions in the Commons but the Government […]
Company not guilty of manslaughter on Everest.
Michael Matthews, 22, died six years ago. He had reached the summit of Everest and was the youngest to do so, but was caught in a blizzard the same day which caused his death before his return to base-camp. He had paid £22,000 for the adventure. Dismissing the case, Judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC, Southwark Crown […]