51. R. Littlejohn, Daily Mail, 11 November 2009.
52. R. Strange, ‘“Elf and safety” stories should carry a warning’, Independent, 15 March 2010, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/elf-and-safety-stories-should-carry-awarning-1921337.html
53. Там же.
54. J. Hyde, ‘MoJ reveals 20 % annual fall in personal injury claims’, Law Society Gazette, 6 December 2018, https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/moj-reveals-20-annual-fall-in-personal-injuryclaims/5068594.article
55. Department for Work and Pensions, ‘Compensation Recovery Unit performance data’, 23 April 2018, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/compensation-recovery-unit-performance-data/compensation-recovery-unit-performance-data
56. ‘Legal claims against NHS continue to rise’, Practice Business, 16 July 2018, https://practicebusiness.co.uk/legal-claims-against-nhs-continue-to-rise/
57. ‘EXCLUSIVE: Police officer gets £10,000 for falling off a chair’, Evening Standard, 12 April 2013, https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/exclusive-police-officer-gets-10000-payout-for-fallingoff-a-chair-8569997.html
58. Например, члены «высокоорганизованной» банды в Шеффилде, которые были заключены в тюрьму за мошенничество при организации серии подставных аварий: ‘Sheffieldbuscrash-for-cashgang “highly-organised”’, BBCNews, 26 September 2013, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-24283580
59. House of Commons Justice Committee, 7th Report – ‘Small claims limit for personal injury’, 17 May 2018, at § 30, https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmjust/659/65902.html
60. T. Evans, ‘COMPENSATION CRACKDOWN: Bogus whiplashclaims add £1billion to car insurance bills every year’, the Sun, 17 November 2016, https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2199963/boguswhiplash-claims-add– 1billion-to-car-insurance-bills-every-year/
61. S. Swinford and L. Hughes, ‘Car insurance premiums to fall by £40 a year under plans to end “rampant compensation culture”’, Telegraph, 17 November 2016.
62. ‘Statement on outcomes following Downing Street Insurance Summit’, Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street, 14 February 2012, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statementon-outcomes-following-downing-street-insurance-summit
63. См. Chris Philp MP, Civil Liability Bill [Lords] Debate, House of Commons Third Reading, 23 October 2018, Hansard, volume 648, column 160.
64. См.: David Gauke MP, Civil Liability Bill [Lords] Debate, House of Commons Second Reading, 4 September 2018, Hansard, volume 646, column 108, https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-09-04/debates/C5C185BA-C520-4561-B4A9-069335D3E41F/CivilLiabilityBill(Lords)
65. House of Commons Transport Committee, ‘Cost of Motor Insurance: Whiplash’, 4th Report of Session 2013–14, HC 117, 31 July 2013, volume 1, paragraph 28, cited in: K. Oliphant, ‘“The Whiplash Capital of the World”: Genealogy of a Compensation Myth’, in: E. Quill and R. Friel (eds.), Damages and Compensation Culture: Comparative Perspectives, Hart Publishing, 2016, https://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/files/80271070/AAM_Whiplash_Capital.pdf
66. См. краткий отчет в ‘Fake News and the Compensation Culture – An Access to Justice Investigation’, Access to Justice Action Group, 12 January 2018, https://accesstojusticeactiongroup.co.uk/fake-news-and-compensation-culture/
67. Там же.
68. Там же.
69. David Gauke MP, Civil Liability Bill [Lords] Debate, House of Commons Second Reading, 4 September 2018, Hansard, volume 646, column 77, https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-09-04/debates/C5C185BA-C520-4561-B4A9-069335D3E41F/CivilLiabilityBill(Lords)
70. Jo Stevens MP, Civil Liability Bill [Lords] Debate, Houseof Commons Third Reading, 23 October 2018, Hansard, volume 648, column 158, https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-10-23/debates/08FEE407-6D41-42949098-DA400C53EB83/CivilLiabilityBill(Lords)#contribut ion-F4EC132D-14B5-4C68-A669-090F6C503188
71. House of Commons Justice Committee, 7th Report – ‘Small claims limit for personal injury’, 17 May 2018, at § 30.
72. J. Hyde, ‘“Ridiculous” heroism bill clears Lords hurdle’, Law Society Gazette, 7 January 2015, https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/ridiculous-heroism-bill-clears-lords-hurdle/5045846.article
73. Chris Grayling MP, ‘Our Bill to curb the Elf and Safety Culture’, 2 June 2014, ConservativeHome, https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2014/06/chris-grayling-mp-our-bill-to-curb-the-elfand-safety-culture.html
74. Там же.
75. Lord Pannick, Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill, House of Lords Third Reading, 6 January 2015, Hansard, column 262, https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201415/ldhansrd/text/150106-0001.htm#15010644000364
76. См. ‘Annex: Background to the current reforms’, in House of Commons Justice Committee, 7th Report – ‘Small claims limit for personal injury’, 17 May 2018, at § 30.
77. Раздел 57 Закона об уголовном правосудии и судах 2015 года требует, чтобы в таких обстоятельствах суд отклонил весь иск о нанесении телесных повреждений, если только истец не пострадает от «существенной несправедливости» в случае отклонения иска.
78. Department for Work and Pensions, ‘Compensation Recovery Unit performance data’, 23 April 2018.
79. J. Hyde, ‘MoJ chief denies whiplash portal is in hock to insurers’, Law Society Gazette, 11 February 2019, https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/moj-chief-denies-whiplash-portal-is-in-hock-toinsurers/5069235.article
80. House of Commons Justice Committee, 7th Report – ‘Small claims limit for personal injury’, 17 May 2018, at § 59.
81. Ellie Reeves MP, ‘The Civil Liability Bill – An Assault on Our Access to Justice’, 25 July 2018, http://www.elliereeves.com/news/the-civil-liability-bill-an-assault-on-our-access-to-justice
82. House of Commons Justice Committee, 7th Report – ‘Small claims limit for personal injury’, 17 May 2018, at § 65–66.
83. Там же, § 81.
84. Согласно опросу, 63 процента опрошенных членов профсоюзов заявили, что они «не стали бы подавать или не были бы уверены в том, что подадут иск без юридического представительства», как цитирует Элли Ривз, член парламента, ‘TheCivilLiabilityBill – AnAssaultonOurAccesstoJustice’, 25 July 2018.
85. House of Commons Justice Committee, 7th Report – ‘Small claims limit for personal injury’, 17 May 2018, at § 137-9.
86. Там же.
87. S. McGee, ‘Lawyers give dire warning as study reveals reforms will wipe out PI solicitors’, Insurance Times, 1 March 2018, https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/lawyers-give-dire-warning-asstudy-reveals-reforms-will-wipe-out-pi-solicitors/1426462.article
88. C. Canocchi, ‘Government unveils whiplash claims crackdown which it says will cut insurance premiums by £35 a year’, This is Money, 20 March 2018, https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article– 5523253/Government-unveils-plans-cut-whiplash-claims.html
89. Civil Liability Bill [Lords] Debate, House of Commons Third Reading, 23 October 2018, Hansard, volume 648, column 160.
90. O. Bowcott, ‘Charities condemn Tory cuts to criminal injuries compensation scheme’, Guardian, 23 April 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/apr/23/charities-condemn-tory-cutsto-criminal-injuries-compensation-scheme
91. Закон 1969 года об ответственности работодателей (обязательное страхование).
92. J. Insley, ‘Compensation culture: a history of bizarre personal injury claims in Britain’, Guardian, 14 July 2011, https://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2011/jul/14/compensation-culture-personal-insurance-claims
Глава четвертая. Ваша работа
1. S. Doughty, ‘Hallelujah! The tribunal gravy train’s derailed: As workers are made to pay £1,200 fee, discrimination cases plunge by 75 %’, Daily Mail, 29 July 2014, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2709011/As-workers-pay-1-200-fee-discriminationcases-plunge-75.html
2. По данным Управления национальной статистики, в январе 2019 года в стране насчитывалось 32,53 миллиона работающих людей, 15 процентов из которых были самозанятыми. За год по ноябрь 2018 года общее количество отработанных часов превысило 1 миллиард. См. Office for National Statistics, ‘UK labour market: January 2019’, https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/ employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/january2019#actual-hours-worked and ‘Trends in self-employment in the UK’, 7 February 2018, https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/ employmentandemployeetypes/articles/trendsinselfemploymentintheuk/2018-02-07
3. Это 37 умножить на 46,4 недели (52 недели минус законный отпуск 5, 6 недель) умножить на 50.
4. ‘80 % of workers ignorant of legal rights’, The Times, 8 October 2019, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/workers-ignorantemployment– rights-605s387c8?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter_121&utm_medium=email&utm_content=121_7411059&CMP
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5. Пятьдесят две недели, включающие двадцать шесть недель «обычного декретного отпуска» и до двадцати шести недель «дополнительного декретного отпуска».
6. Любой работник, который зарабатывает в среднем не менее 118 фунтов в неделю и непрерывно работает на своего работодателя не менее шести месяцев на дату пятнадцатой недели до предполагаемой недели родов.
7. Статутное декретное пособие выплачивается в размере 90 процентов от вашего среднего недельного заработка (до вычета налогов) в течение первых шести недель, а затем либо в размере 90 процентов от вашего среднего недельного заработка, либо £148,68 – в зависимости от того, что меньше – в течение оставшихся тридцати трех недель.
8. Да, имеете, и они оплачиваемые. Мы поговорим об этом подробнее чуть позже.
9. Нет.
10. Ваше рабочее место должно быть сохранено, чтобы вы могли вернуться на него после возвращения из декретного отпуска.
11. ‘Employment tribunals are legalised extortion’, This is Money, 6 January 2011, https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-1710536/Comment-Employment-tribunals-are-legalisedextortion.html. This is Money is owned by DMG Ltd, the owners of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.