Difference between revisions of "Litigious Society Project"
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In 1999, [[Global Futures]] 'launched the Litigious Society Project, which resulted in the first estimation of the cost of litigation to the British economy.'<ref>Global Futures [http://www.lloyds.com/Lloyds/Press-Centre/Press-Releases/2002/06/Refusing_to_be_terrorised_managing_risk_after_September_11 Refusing to be terrorised - managing risk after September 11], Lloyds website, Mon 17 Jun 2002</ref> | In 1999, [[Global Futures]] 'launched the Litigious Society Project, which resulted in the first estimation of the cost of litigation to the British economy.'<ref>Global Futures [http://www.lloyds.com/Lloyds/Press-Centre/Press-Releases/2002/06/Refusing_to_be_terrorised_managing_risk_after_September_11 Refusing to be terrorised - managing risk after September 11], Lloyds website, Mon 17 Jun 2002</ref> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
| − | *[[Tracey Brown]], co-ordinator<ref>http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/CPS_assets/154_ProductPreviewFile.pdf</ref> | + | *[[Tracey Brown]], co-ordinator<ref>Frank Furedi, '[http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/CPS_assets/154_ProductPreviewFile.pdf Courting Mistrust: The Hidden Growth of a Culture of Litigation in Britain], Centre for Policy Studies, 1999, p. 2</ref> |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 30 November 2010
The Litigious Society is associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network. It campaigned against what it saw as a 'compensation culture'. It is now defunct.
In 1999, Global Futures 'launched the Litigious Society Project, which resulted in the first estimation of the cost of litigation to the British economy.'[1]
People
- Tracey Brown, co-ordinator[2]
Notes
- ↑ Global Futures Refusing to be terrorised - managing risk after September 11, Lloyds website, Mon 17 Jun 2002
- ↑ Frank Furedi, 'Courting Mistrust: The Hidden Growth of a Culture of Litigation in Britain, Centre for Policy Studies, 1999, p. 2
