Beveridge, Workmen's Compensation and the Alternative Remedy
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 2113154 |
|---|---|
| Autores | P W J Bartrip (autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1985 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 491-511 |
| Data de publicação | 1985-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279400014999 |
| OpenAlex | W2142521406 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 1 |
| Referências citadas | 9 |
The passing of the Workmen's Compensation Act 1897 did not affect an injured worker's rights to sue for damages at common law or under the Employers' Liability Act 1880. However, the evidence suggests that these alternative remedies declined in importance until the 1930s when certain court decisions and acts of Parliament gave them renewed significance. For several reasons Beveridge was antipathetic towards unmodified retention of the alternative remedy, but he proposed the establishment of an official committee for the purpose of making a full inquiry. As a result, the Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, appointed the Monckton Committee on Alternative Remedies. The Committee's majority report largely endorsed the TUC's viewpoint in recommending maintenance of the alternative remedy. Subsequent legislation, the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act, permitted reduction of damages where industrial injuries benefit was secured; otherwise injured workers' rights to sue were perpetuated, albeit with questionable results. Down to the present day the costly alternative remedy survives, despite lack of evidence that it achieves either of its supposed objectives, namely, the compensation of personal injury victims or the deterrence of carelessness
Business · Carelessness · Compensation (psychology) · Damages · Deterrence theory · Economics · Law and economics · Legislation · Liability · Parliament · Personal injury · Political science · Politics · Punitive damages · Australian History and Society · Law · Medicine · Psychology
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