Dear Colleagues;

Thanks Rob, and I agree, a good outcome. I must say it is pleasing to see that the Commission listened to and took seriously many of the academic and other concerns that were expressed about the proposals (including those of Rob and others on the list.)

Regards

Neil

 

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School of Law

Faculty of Business & Law

University of Newcastle

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>>> Robert Stevens <robert.stevens@ucl.ac.uk> 05/27/10 12:53 AM >>>

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