[extropy-chat] Proactionary in court?

[bluesteel_0 at yahoo.co.uk]

Has the Proactionary Principle just put it's head
above the parapet in British Courts?

It was announced this morning that legislation will be
introduced to combat the growing Compensation Culture,
and in particular the tendency for the number of
school trips for children to dwindle as schools are
increasingly fearful of being sued if anything should
go wrong. New advice to courts will be:

"a court which is considering a negligence claim
should also take into account any benefit of the
activity, and organisers who have taken reasonable
precautions will not be held liable."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4401820.stm

So finally are potential benefits as well as potential
risks going to be balanced in the equation?

Julian

"Fahrkarte bis zur Endstation!"


		
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