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Pint Glass Injuries Cause British Government to Leap Into Action

By Bruce Carton

Writing on his "Lowering the Bar" blog, Kevin Underhill brings us news of the latest effort to make life difficult for personal injury lawyers. On the heels of its ill-fated effort to control stabbings by banning knives that have a point on the end, the British government is now seeking a new design for pint glasses that it hopes will reduce the number of incidents in which people use them to attack each other. For whatever reason, the British Home Office, which is the lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, counter-terrorism, police, and science and research, has taken a keen interest in the 5,500 people who are attacked with glasses and bottles every year in England and Wales. The Home Office has reportedly commissioned a new design in an attempt to stop glasses being used as weapons and is looking hard at a plastic glass. The British Beer and Pub Association, however, is strongly against the idea of mandatory plastic glasses: For the drinker, the pint glass feels better, it has a nice weight and the drink coats the glass nicely. That's why people go out for a drink, to have a nice experience. I would ask,...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on September 30, 2009 (boomark / email).