Rabbit Thought of the Day

A man who slipped on a grape outside Marks an Spence store has failed in his attempt to sue for damages. Mr Alexander Mark-Sklan was suing Marks and Spencer for £300,000 in damages after the incident which occurred in 2004.

He stated after the fall which resulted in ligament damage to his knee, he had found a grape on the underside of his shoe. He indicated that he had also suffered ‘adverse psychological effects and depression’ arising from the injury.

Whilst expressing sympathy for the claimant Deputy Judge John Leighton Williams QC said: "I am afraid I am unable to find for him on the evidence." He said: "In my judgment it is one of those accidents that could happen to any one of us."

Mr Martin-Sklan was representing himself has to pay around £15,000 towards Marks and Spencer's costs and given 28 days to pay an interim sum of £7,500.
Surely this is a victory for common sense.

Mean while: An elderly couple say they are distressed as an ambulance worker wants to sue them after falling during a call to their Lincolnshire home. The technician fell over on 82-year-old Joan Boardman's driveway in Louth as he went to fetch a stretcher.

The Boardmans have now received a letter from his solicitors saying he is seeking damages for personal injury. East Midlands Ambulance Service said the employee is pursuing the matter in his own right.

Let’s hope the Judge in this case, also has common sense, while I can understand the distress any injury can cause, I think in this case it is morally wrong to sue, accidents do happen, the injured paramedic should be able to recover costs from his employers insurance.

Rabbit

Terry Pratchett has announced that he is donate around half a million pounds for research into Alzheimer’s. He himself was diagnosed with a rare form of the disease in December of last year.

My mother suffered from the disease and because my father was unable to cope she stayed in a care home until her death in 2002. It was devastating watching her deteriorate. Eventually I doubt she knew who I was. I have donated myself and hopefully with this amount being donated it will help the research and eventually find a cure.

Terry Pratchett is probably one of my favourite authors; I think I have most of his books in my collection. I hope he continues to write and I wish him well.

Rabbit

The budget has done nobody ant favours, I don’t smoke, and neither do I drink to excess therefore that part of the budget will not affect me. My stepdaughter will have left school for university before the increase in family allowance takes effect so that will not affect me either.

That only leaves car tax, really. I drive a nice family car, Ford Focus. He is going to increase the car tax on that from £135 (I think I paid last year) to £425 per year. The large 4 x 4 and sports cars will have to pay £950, this I think will cause some problems, farmers and a small number of people who live in areas where access is difficult require 4 x 4 vehicles this tax is unfair to them. However, the idiots who live in inner cities and own these large and unnecessary vehicles deserve to pay far more. These are the ones who pollute who cities.

The increase on duty on alcohol will not deter binge drinking; 4p on a pint is nothing. Consider this a lot of binge drinker’s move around from pub to pub. However, the cost difference between pubs for a drink maybe 10p or even 20p per pint. So the increase of a pint by 4p will not make any difference whatever. The Chancellor is paying lip service to the problem of binge drinking while collecting revenue. If he was serious about binge drinking then the price of a drink would have been increased dramatically. Wine increasing by 14p and spirits rising by a meagre 55p is nothing and will not have any effect on the problem of binge drinking.