I had fish and chips with Sir Rupert a fortnight ago. He is as resolute as ever. His views are unchanged.
I had fish and chips with Sir Rupert a fortnight ago. He is as resolute as ever. His views are unchanged. The recoverability of additional liabilities is iniquitous and farcical. What he did not know is that the new administration has decided that his proposals should be acted upon and soon.
Significant development
The appointment of Lord Young to look at health, safety and compensation issues strikes me as an incredibly significant development—happening as it did before we even had the budget. Those who practise in the field of injury may well feel twitchy. Lord Young qualified as a solicitor and was a director of Autohit which became Accident Exchange so he should know something about litigation costs. If stuck, he can turn to his son in law, Lord Justice Rix.
Some of Sir Rupert’s ideas are about to be trialled in various parts of the country. My beloved hot-tubbing, whereby expert witnesses can be
