article_snippet.sent: Emma Norton of human rights group Liberty said:
article_snippet.sent: This is much more than a financial headache for MoD
article_snippet.sent: it’s a problem that can cost a person their mental wellbeing or even their life.
article_snippet.sent: If a soldier is bullied, ignored, then ground down by an interminable and biased complaints system, a soldier’s
article_snippet.sent: no surprise they feel legal action is they only option.
article_snippet.sent: ‘If MoD wants to reduce MoD compensation bill, MoD must deal effectively with bullies – simply saying the Army has a zero- tolerance approach doesn’t make it so.
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman said that personal injury claims were based on A spokesmanlegal liability’, while the AFCS gives compensation ‘irrespective of fault, across a range of circumstances’ arising from service.
article_snippet.sent: An inquest found that psychological effects of an alleged rape and ‘work-related despair’ contributed to An inquest death and the coroner called for MoD to review MoD care for vulnerable soldiers.