Colleagues who read the English Law Commission's proposals on reforming the

private law of public bodies will, without doubt, be relieved to hear that

they have been dropped.

The proposal to award damages to those made worse off by public wrongs has

also been dropped.

http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/lc322.pdf

There remains a wholly unobjectionable proposal that costs of compensation

should be collated and published by government, and they are going to look

again at the ombudsman.

Rob