Tourist, thanks for raising a laugh on the thread
Ainsworth for PM made me chuckle.
Kenny Mac wrote;
"There's so much bluff and bluster on this thread, it really amounts to little more than a hill of beans. ALARP is being bandied about with such abandon by individuals who either have a rather limited and simplistic grasp of the meaning of the concept, or are deliberately misinterpreting and overlooking finer points to advance their agendas.
Before forming conclusions based solely on what is discussed on this thread, I recommend anyone with a serious interest in this complex, important and emotive subject to have a long talk with a lawyer (with the requisite specialisms) on the precise definition of ALARP and all the legal caveats and nuances which can pertain to it.
It will shed a different light on most of what is written here."
Kenny, forget the lawyer and talk to a highly qualified engineer then you will understand ALARP with all it's nuances, then you can pick any lawyer, it really doesn't matter. BTW who said anything about an agenda? Care to tell us what your interest is here? And what do you think a Coroner is, a bricklayer with an interest in law? Do you not think the MoD tried the mitigating circumstances line? Have the MoD appealed the decision?
Did you turn up to the Inquest and listen to the evidence?
Please, inform us...