This ground-breaking book takes a fresh look at potential non-litigation solutions to providing personal injury compensation. It is the first systematic comparative study of such a large number – over forty – of personal injury compensation schemes. It covers the drivers for their creation, the frameworks under which they operate, the criteria and thresholds used, the compensation offered, the claims process, statistics on throughput and costs, and analysis of financial costings. It also c...

Will love and war tear apart her beloved homeland forever?Libby is delighted to leave her boarding school in England behind to return to the vibrant beauty of her homeland, and her beloved father, James.Assam is as bewitching as she remembered but India is changing. A rebellion is simmering and the days of the British rule are numbered. When Libby meets a dashing freedom fighter, she begins to see her father and the tea plantation that has been her family h...

This book explores how concerns can be raised about the NHS, why raising concerns hasn't always improved standards, and how a no-fault open culture approach could drive improvements.The book describes a wide range of mechanisms for raising concerns about the NHS, including complaints, the ombudsman, litigation, HSIB, and the major inquiries since 2000, across the various UK jurisdictions. The NHS approach is contextualised within the broader societal developments in dispute resolut...

This book examines how regulatory and liability mechanisms have impacted upon product safety decisions in the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors in Europe, the USA and beyond since the 1950s. Thirty-five case studies illustrate the interplay between the regulatory regimes and litigation. Observations from medical practice have been the overwhelming means of identifying post-marketing safety issues. Drug and device safety decisions have increasingly been taken by public regulators a...

Will going home to India bring Sophie the life she has always dreamed of?Sophie has never forgotten the sun-drenched valleys of India. Torn from the only home she has ever known when she is orphaned at age six, she is taken to Scotland but never loses her dream to return.So when her cousin Tilly meets and marries a tea planter, Sophie resolves to marry too, keen to begin her new adventures in India.But the life of a tea planter's bride is not what T...

A mysterious photograph. A family secret. A search for the truth.Sammy has spent her childhood torn from the lush tea gardens of Assam to a boarding school in England. The second world war is over and India has won its independence, but she fears for her family and loved ones left behind. When Christmas brings the opportunity to go home, she cannot wait. This will be the reunion she has been yearning for. Finally, she will be with her mother and beloved grandmother...

From the jewel-bright valleys of India to the cold grey streets of Newcastle, can Clarissa build a new life?1904 INDIA:Beautiful, headstrong Clarissa Belhaven can only watch on as her widowed father sinks into debt and drink, bringing ruin to their idyllic tea plantation.When he dies, she is forced to travel half a world away to England to stay with her only living relative, working in a pub in Newcastle. The grey skies and hardship...

She's half the world away, but her heart remains in India.Adela dreams of a life on stage and cannot wait to take her place in the glittering society of India in the dying days of the Raj. Bold and ambitious, nothing will stand in her way - until she falls in love and life takes an unexpected turn.Heartbroken, alone and forced to face a future she never imagined, Adela finds herself in England as World War Two begins.Can she...

The latest edition of the Straightforward Guides Series, Guide to Employment Law, is a clear and concise guide to all aspects of the law relating to employment rights with changes in the law up to 2013 covered in depth. The book is intended for the layperson but can also be utilised by the professional or the student.

The definitive story of American health care today -- its causes, consequences, and confusions.In March 2010, the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. It was the most extensive reform of America's health care system since at least the creation of Medicare in 1965, and maybe ever. The ACA was controversial and highly political, and the law faced legal challenges reaching all the way to the Supreme Court; it even precipitated a government shutdown. It was a signa...

This practical text offers the ideal introduction to the economic techniques used in public health.

The Washington Post**'s must-read guide to the health care overhaulWhat now? Despite the rancorous, divisive, year-long debate in Washington, many Americans still don't understand what the historic overhaul of the health care system will -- or won't -- mean. In Landmark, the national reporting staff of The Washington Post pierces through the confusion, examining the new law's likely impact on us all: our families, doctors, hospitals, heal...