From women to alcohol to personal injury
The number of personal injury claims made by females could be rising.
Last month, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that over half a million assaults in the UK last year involved females The newspaper stated that there is a growing number in girls or women who often resort to violence.
Chris Huhne, spokesperson for the Liberal Democrat home affairs, said: "The number of women, often teenage girls, resorting to violence is proof of a worrying binge-drinking ladette culture."
He stated: "It is indicative of how appalling habitual violence is on our streets that so many women are involved."
This may suggest that the number of compensation claims made by females could increase.
A recent report published in the News & Star stated that a young woman received £1,000 in compensation after suffering from personal injuries as a result of an accident in a pub.
The 19 year old had been struck by a bottle during a New Year's Eve celebration in a Keswick pub when the man the bottle was aimed at had dodged out of the way.
The young woman was left with a deep cut to her forehead which is believed to remain a scar for the rest of her life after the bottle hit her between the eyes.
A 29 year old woman who threw the bottle pleaded guilty in court to have wounded her unintentionally.
The Prosecutor, Ken Hay, suggested that the woman was provoked to throw the bottle. He told the Carlisle Crown Court that she may have flicked some of her drink at a man who was sitting nearby. The man reacted by pouring a pint of beer over her.
Mitigation solicitor, Mike Fanning stated that the woman had not intended to cause any physical harm.
He said that she was "distraught by the enormity of her behaviour and its consequences" and had suffered "a temporary loss of control" after having a pint of beer poured over her.
"It is not lost on her that a really serious injury could have followed," he added.
However, the judge, Recorder John Altham, told her: "The catalyst to all this was the boorish behaviour of someone who poured a pint of beer over your head.
But that can in no way justify your taking up the bottle and throwing it across the pub. It could have broken and caused even more serious injury than it did."
The woman was ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation to the victim as a result.
She was also sentenced to nine months in prison with a two year suspension and was ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid community work.
Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, told the Telegraph: "I think we really do need to review the Government's new licensing regime. Far from creating the promised continental cafe culture, it just seems to have created a problem of binge drinking and violence outside pubs and clubs."
Mr Huhne added: "The Government has failed to tackle binge drinking and the resultant violence. Local authorities must be given strong powers to tackle premises which encourage irresponsible drinking and contribute to this alcohol-fuelled aggression."
Updated on 6/8/2009