The stooshie (meaning fight or trouble in English) caused this week by the MoD Appeal Court case seems to have hit a nerve or two within London's corridors of power.
Bob Ainsworth has returned prematurely from holiday to order an immediate review of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for wounded soldiers. A review of the army compensation scheme was planned for next year but Mr Ainsworth announced it was to be brought forward and would begin immediately.
“The debate in recent weeks has demonstrated that the current scheme is not fully equipped to deal with anomalies, legal complexities and wider issues relating to how we compensate our servicemen and women,” he said.
Although the MoD's legal challenge was poorly timed and started on the same day as the bodies of four of our fallen returned home, the inappropriate timing was the main cause of the poorly designed legislation being brought to the public's attention. If this had not been the case the present legislation may well have languished, unquestioned, on the statute books for some time to come. Now a review is beginning, it is to be hoped the result will be a scheme fit for today's army and completely free of legal complexities. Then there would be no need for the government ministry to require the expensive process of litigation.
Source: the Times
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