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Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

What are your views on this subject. * Army accident immunity 'must end' *
The MoD should not be immune from prosecution for non-combat deaths or injuries, families say.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/uk/7076328.stm

Nothing like a nice easy topic for a Sunday Ianto.W. Thanks!

I think that the MOD should be stripped of its Crown immunity but it would be up to the plaintiff to prove negligence to win the case.

In the case of Mr Richards, the live ammo should not have been anywhere near the exercise and the Quartermaster issuing the ammo should have made sure that only blanks were issued. The officer in charge should have made sure that it was only blanks that were to be used. Thus there was negligence in the issuing of ammunition. There had to be otherwise the live ammo would not have got to the exercise.

Even in times of war there can still be negligence attributed to an incident.