Wrongful Dismissal, by David Harris

Torts--wrongful birth and wrongful life.

Wrongful life, wrongful birth, and justice in tort law.

Joint written evidence submitted by Adam J L Harris, Nigel Harvey, Leonard A Smith, David A Stainforth, Erica Thompson (CLC018)

To increase public trust in the results of climate science, we recommend that the uncertainties inherent in climate forecasts be made explicit. In cases where these uncertainties can be legitimately expressed as probabilities, we suggest that use of a dual verbal/numerical format for expressing uncertainty (e.g., ‘likely (65-80%)’) will enhance communicative effectiveness. We also propose use o...

Deregulation of dismissal law and unjust dismissal in Korea

Using data of Korean court cases, related to the unjust dismissal claims between 1987 and 2000, this paper examines how the deregulation of Korean dismissal law in 1998 affects the incidence of unjust dismissals. Logit estimation to identify the determinants of unjust dismissal rate in Korea shows that deregulation of the dismissal law led to a higher incidence of unjust dismissals. Reasons for...

Wrongful birth, wrongful conception, and the Irish Constitution.