Swede sues bar for getting her drunk

[Dan]

T_Bone wrote:

KennyR wrote:
The money should be paid out to her. Not because she deserves it, but because bar keepers can be greedy {bleep}s and keep selling stuff to people who've obviously had too much. Hit them in the pocket. That'll teach 'em.

That'll teach him what exactly?

Maybe that everybody needs a lawyer?  :lol:

[that_punk_guy]

KennyR wrote:
The money should be paid out to her. Not because she deserves it, but because bar keepers can be greedy {bleep}s and keep selling stuff to people who've obviously had too much. Hit them in the pocket. That'll teach 'em.

Hmm, fair point. Unfortunately, the more drunk a customer gets, the more likely they are to cause trouble when you cut them off. Better to drink them under the table, ha ha! :-D

Seriously though, this is just opportunism, which in the end hurts people who have genuine claims.

[Cyberus]

whabang wrote:

T_Bone wrote:

Vincent wrote:
I'd expect something like this from an American :roll:, but it's surprising coming from Sweden.

If she was an American, the bar would be in even more trouble, she's underage  :-)

Hehe.
The legal drinking age here is 18. You're not allowed to buy it in the liqour stores until you're 20, though.

This case is just plain wierd, though. It prooves that the government is right by keeping the prices on alcohol up. :-D

IIRC, and I'm sure a Brit will correct me if I'm wrong, we have no drinking age in Britain, only a minimum age for buying alcohol to consume. i.e. If I give my 13 year old nephew a beer when he comes to visit me, neither him nor me are breaking the law...

[that_punk_guy]

Cyberus wrote:
IIRC, and I'm sure a Brit will correct me if I'm wrong, we have no drinking age in Britain, only a minimum age for buying alcohol to consume. i.e. If I give my 13 year old nephew a beer when he comes to visit me, neither him nor me are breaking the law...

Correct, although I think you have to be 14 or over to be allowed in the bar area of a pub.

My dad took me for a beer when I was 15 and made a big deal out of it because he only once got the chance to drink with his own dad. Whenever we're at a bar now (thankfully not very often) he tries to talk me into drinking, which pisses me off...  :-x

[that_punk_guy]

A person under eighteen shall be guilty of an offence if, in a bar in licensed premises, he consumes intoxicating liquor.

Although apparently if you're sixteen you can have a beer with your pub lunch, you just can't buy it.

http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000030.htm

So an under 18 can't drink in a bar (at least not legally ;-))  but drinking off licensed premises appears to be unregulated.

[whabang]

that_punk_guy wrote:

Cyberus wrote:
IIRC, and I'm sure a Brit will correct me if I'm wrong, we have no drinking age in Britain, only a minimum age for buying alcohol to consume. i.e. If I give my 13 year old nephew a beer when he comes to visit me, neither him nor me are breaking the law...

Correct, although I think you have to be 14 or over to be allowed in the bar area of a pub.

My dad took me for a beer when I was 15 and made a big deal out of it because he only once got the chance to drink with his own dad. Whenever we're at a bar now (thankfully not very often) he tries to talk me into drinking, which pisses me off...  :-x

Same here. minors are allowed to drink under the supervision of adults. Letting kids get drunk would probably be a crime though...