A Labour peer says a culture of "no self blame" and hard selling by third-party compensation claims firms needs to be stamped down to prevent the potential growth of a UK compensation culture.
Sitting as one of the members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the proposed Compensation Bill earlier this week, Labour peer Lord Davies of Coity expressed concern the apparent myth of a compensation culture could turn into “a greater reality” unless action is taken to discourage consumers from taking legal action in every circumstance which might generate compensation. His comments contributed to a discussion about government plans to introduce a compensation bill, to tackle an apparent rise in the number of compensation claims made by UK residents but were specifically directed ...
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