It is time to trim our burgeoning compensation culture
THE legal fees of £330,000 paid out by Strathclyde Police to defend officers in criminal cases seem hefty and should, at the very least, be looked at ("Legal fees for defending police soar by £330,00", The Herald, December 31).
THE legal fees of £330,000 paid out by Strathclyde Police to defend officers in criminal cases seem hefty and should, at the very least, be looked at (\"Legal fees for defending police soar by £330,00\", The Herald, December 31).
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However, in terms of costs to the taxpayer, the figure pales into relative insignificance beside the £33m spent by councils in Scotland during the past five years in settling 13,000 compensation claims ("Scottish councils pay out £33m in damages", The Herald, December 26).
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It is time to trim our burgeoning compensation culture
THE legal fees of £330,000 paid out by Strathclyde Police to defend officers in criminal cases seem hefty and should, at the very least, be looked at ("Legal fees for defending police soar by £330,00", The Herald, December 31).
However, in terms of costs to the taxpayer, the figure pales into relative insignificance beside the £33m spent by councils in Scotland during the past five years in settling 13,000 compensation claims ("Scottish councils pay out £33m in damages", The Herald, December 26).
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