nevip
welfare rights adviser, sefton metropolitan borough council, liverpool.
Member since 22nd Jan 2004
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RE: Altercation at the Jobcentre
Thu 02-Aug-07 11:56 AM |
Legal options include proceedings for damages for defamation of character or for the tort of misfeasance in public office. To succeed the claimant must show loss or damage, for example financial loss, loss of liberty, damage to reputation or, possibly, mental anguish. She needs to see a solicitor straight away if contemplating either, particularly in the light of a letter from the DWP’s solicitor’s office threatening legal action, which she needs to defend.
Has she any witnesses?
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