Tort and Social Security: The Importance Attached to the Cause of Disability with Special Reference to the Industrial Injuries Scheme

[1980] 43 Modern Law Review 514

18 Pages Posted: 23 Sep 2014 Last revised: 27 Nov 2020

Date Written: September 19, 1980

Abstract

This article considers the extent that the boundaries between different schemes of compensation cause problems for lawyers and injured people. It does so by looking at causation issues in the area of workers compensation in the U.K. Proposed reforms are shown as not only leading to the retention of mixed systems of recovery for injury but also as adding further emphasis to the cause of disability as a basis for compensation.

Keywords: tort, workers compensation, social security, industrial injury, causation, tort reform, accidents, Pearson Commission

Suggested Citation

Lewis, Richard, Tort and Social Security: The Importance Attached to the Cause of Disability with Special Reference to the Industrial Injuries Scheme (September 19, 1980). [1980] 43 Modern Law Review 514, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2498589

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