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Welcome to the Compensation Culture Project Website
A Compensation Culture? A Comparative Investigation of the Risk Management of Legal Liability in Public Services in Scotland and Ireland is a joint project being conducted by researchers at the University College Dublin School of Law and the University of Strathclyde School of Law. Through our research, we hope to develop a better understanding of the ways in which liability affects the quality, performance and delivery of public service.This project comprises a study of roads authorities in Scotland and Ireland, focusing on trends in public liability claims during the last ten years. The comparison between Scotland and Ireland exploits the fact that the Irish legislature introduced important reforms into processes of civil liability in 2003-04, including the intermediation of the new Personal Injuries Assessment Board, in most personal injuries claims (medical liability claims being the most significant excluded area). Accordingly the comparison enables an evaluation of the impact of the reforms against the Scottish case, with a similar legal system, but within which no similar reform process has been followed. The research also examines the effects of differing insurance practices and variety in the organisational response to liability risks. We aim to develop an evidence base for assessing the pattern of changes in liability in both jurisdictions. The first phase of the project is largely quantitative, and involves collection and analysis of claims data from authorities in Scotland and Ireland. The second phase is qualitative and involves the observation of the management of risk within local authorities.
The Project is funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Economic and Social Research Council.