14 year old to sue council ?
20-06-2005, 17:55
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14 year old to sue council ?
a 14 year old special needs girl who fell pregnant whilst living next door to a 16 year old boy in a school is to sue the council for £50,000 claiming negligence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/b...ts/4111160.stm
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20-06-2005, 17:58
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
 , i give up , i wonder if i can sue the council for the mental stress of my bins not being emptied 
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20-06-2005, 17:59
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
Unless she was raped, then it was her fault...
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20-06-2005, 18:01
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
Sounds good to me.
She can sue and claim legal aid (paid for by the tax payers).
Se can get a hefty payout from the council (paid for by the tax payers).
She can then get a coucil house and benefits (Paid for by the tax payers).
And all because she couldn't keep her legs crossed.
God, I think I'd sue
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20-06-2005, 18:08
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
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Originally Posted by Kliro
Unless she was raped, then it was her fault...
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well i think that depends on what type of special needs she has, if she can judgementally make adequate decisions then the case should be thrown out.
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20-06-2005, 18:15
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
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The girl says Herts County Council education authority failed to safeguard her welfare when she was at the school.
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Sounds like she can "judgementally make adequate decisions" to me 
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20-06-2005, 18:18
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
Remember this girl had special needs hence her being enrolled at a specialist boarding school. As she was not receiving community based support then I would guess quite her disability is quite severe and the council will have had a duty of care which they may not have fulfilled. Will be interesting to see the facts of this case emerge.
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Sounds like she can "judgementally make adequate decisions" to me
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But not a direct quote. Beware journalistic habits. It's probably the claim, prepared by an eloquent and educated lawyer, that says that, not her.
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20-06-2005, 18:24
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
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Sounds like she can "judgementally make adequate decisions" to me
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well that could be her lawyer or family....
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20-06-2005, 18:28
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
The world has gone mad!
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20-06-2005, 18:30
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
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watch it someone could sue you for that! 
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20-06-2005, 18:38
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
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Originally Posted by Kliro
Unless she was raped, then it was her fault...
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She was under 16 that is statutory rape.
See http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/30042--b.htm especially:
30 Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice
31 Causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity
I would definitely say that there is a good case for failure of "duty of care".
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20-06-2005, 23:45
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
I can see her winning this case, court will take pity because she has child to bring up.
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21-06-2005, 05:42
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
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Jesus this is getting beyond a joke? She didn't know she was having sex then??
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21-06-2005, 14:50
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
If she can sue the council then can't the council sue the bloke, he's played his part in all this, come to think of it why doesn't she sue him, or is it a case of more likely to get money out of the council???
But I agree, at her age surely it's rape??? No??
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21-06-2005, 15:43
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Re: 14 year old to sue council ?
But surely they have locks on the doors 
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