Post subject: Santa and Elf held liable in Court of Appeal
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:00 am
Ferocious Aardvark
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Elf & Safety is real. Make no mistake.
In a decision which will doubtless be described as either compensation culture gone mad, or a sensible and level-headed assessment of the facts and responsibility for public safety, Santa and one of his Elves have been found negligent following the visit of Mrs. Dufosse, an elderly lady who was injured when she tripped and fell over an icicle in Santa's grotto.
It happened in a well-known London department store. Santa and his elf were originally cleared, but the case went on appeal, and was deliberated on and eventually decided in the giddy heights of the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Rix, Lord Justice McFarlane LJ and Sir Mark Potter. They found: "Even though the system used by Santa and the elf might have been excellent, the elf was concerned with many other duties and it was possible that on that occasion Santa and the elf were not as careful in the taking of precautions as they should have been."
In a seasonal decision offering comfort to the millions who will be taking their life in their hands in passing through Santa's Grotto in the next week or so, the Court of Appeal observed: "In the circumstances, it was not D's duty to ensure that there were no tripping hazards in the grotto; it was the duty of Santa and the elf."
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In a country with a great system such as the NHS the amount of compensation culture is ridiculous it has to be said. Ok this is an elderly lady so may have been effected worse but what happened to when a fall was just a fall and you got up feeling a bit daft not just wanting to get a ridiculous amount of compensation from somewhere.
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Post subject: Re: Santa and Elf held liable in Court of Appeal
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:26 am
Rock God X
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J20 wrote:BARMY!
In a country with a great system such as the NHS the amount of compensation culture is ridiculous it has to be said. Ok this is an elderly lady so may have been effected worse but what happened to when a fall was just a fall and you got up feeling a bit daft not just wanting to get a ridiculous amount of compensation from somewhere.
Post subject: Re: Santa and Elf held liable in Court of Appeal
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:40 am
Sandro II Terrorista
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I take it that Mr. Justice Aardvark's lack of response thus far is due to his uncontrollable hilarity.
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Post subject: Re: Santa and Elf held liable in Court of Appeal
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:37 am
Rock God X
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Quote:It was not the family’s responsibility to see this icicle. They had the excitement of grandchildren going to see Father Christmas and a very pretty elf beckoning them in.
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Post subject: Re: Santa and Elf held liable in Court of Appeal
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:53 pm
McLaren_Field
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I've always said that someone should look closer at that Santa and his working practices, I suppose he'll say that its just a coincidence that every single one of his employees is an elf but you have to question the recruitment policy of a business who manage to have 100% of its staff from only one ethnic mix, have you ever seen any black elves, or tall elves, or old elves, no I thought not.
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Post subject: Re: Santa and Elf held liable in Court of Appeal
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:57 pm
rover49
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I am in the WTF camp on this one.
Perhaps they should jail Santa, put it on the news and have a millions of little kids crying as well.
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camp on this one.
