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"Compensation culture" (often shortened to "compo culture") is a pejorative term used to imply that, within a society, a significant number of claims for compensation for torts are unjustified, frivolous, or fraudulent, and that those who seek compensation should be criticised. It is used to describe a "where there's blame, there's a claim" culture of litigiousness in which compensation is routinely and improperly sought without being based on the application of legal principles such as duty of care, negligence, or causation. Ronald Walker QC defines it as "an ethos [which believes that] all misfortunes short of an Act of God are probably someone else's fault, and that the suffering should be relieved, or at any rate marked, by the receipt of a sum of money."

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rdfs:label	Compensation culture (en)
rdfs:comment	"Compensation culture" (often shortened to "compo culture") is a pejorative term used to imply that, within a society, a significant number of claims for compensation for torts are unjustified, frivolous, or fraudulent, and that those who seek compensation should be criticised. It is used to describe a "where there's blame, there's a claim" culture of litigiousness in which compensation is routinely and improperly sought without being based on the application of legal principles such as duty of care, negligence, or causation. Ronald Walker QC defines it as "an ethos [which believes that] all misfortunes short of an Act of God are probably someone else's fault, and that the suffering should be relieved, or at any rate marked, by the receipt of a sum of money." (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Propaganda model Queen's Counsel Benefit fraud Tort reform in the United States Bernard Levin David Young, Baron Young of Graffham Better Regulation Commission United Kingdom University of Wisconsin–Madison Duty of care Liebeck Health and safety law Confederation of British Industry Conservative Party (UK) Negligence New Age travellers Frivolous litigation George Monbiot The Times Loaded language Common Sense, Common Safety Fraud Department of Social Security Tabloid journalism Tort Trades Union Congress Welfare state Lady lawyer Lobbying in the United Kingdom Proximate cause Families Against Corporate Killers Health and Safety Executive Ireland Janet Paraskeva Tort reform Act of God Tort law Media bias John Dyson, Lord Dyson Police Federation of England and Wales Political correctness Politico-media complex Master of the Rolls Polemic The Law Society International Institute of Risk and Safety Management
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/6613/1/The%20Dangers%20of%20Hanging%20Baskets%20FINAL.pdf
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has abstract	"Compensation culture" (often shortened to "compo culture") is a pejorative term used to imply that, within a society, a significant number of claims for compensation for torts are unjustified, frivolous, or fraudulent, and that those who seek compensation should be criticised. It is used to describe a "where there's blame, there's a claim" culture of litigiousness in which compensation is routinely and improperly sought without being based on the application of legal principles such as duty of care, negligence, or causation. Ronald Walker QC defines it as "an ethos [which believes that] all misfortunes short of an Act of God are probably someone else's fault, and that the suffering should be relieved, or at any rate marked, by the receipt of a sum of money." The notion of a compensation culture has also been conflated with health and safety legislation and excessively risk-averse decisions taken by corporate bodies in an apparent effort to avoid the threat of litigation. The phrase was coined in an article by Bernard Levin in London's The Times newspaper dated 17 December 1993. The article, largely a polemic against the welfare state, carried the sub-heading: "We may laugh at ludicrous court cases in America, but the compensation culture began in Britain and is costing us dear." (en)
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