http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/national-news/war_on_health_and_safety_culture_1_1663316

'War' on health and safety culture
Published on Sat Oct 02 16:02:37 BST 2010

Town halls which wrongly ban events and activities on health and safety grounds could face big compensation payouts under plans being considered by the Government.

"Once you start restricting the right of the individual to go to court to complain then you are, in my view, heading for trouble."

Not sure anyone wants to take away the right for the individual to go to court to complain but that course of action is expensive and perhaps it should be? Under Planning, Licensing and Envionmental legislation it is often the case that those complained against need to pay to go to court in order to face complaints that the legislation and those who are paid to enforce it, seems to encourage to be made without needing to go to court and at no cost to the complainant.

It is a paradox that employees of local authorities seem to be motivated to preventitive action by a fear that someone might possibly complain but almost fall over backwards to provide satisfaction to any that do, whether these are valid or representitive. Which of course just encourages the same people to complain even more.