Before workmen's compensation schemes were introduced, common employment created a whole class of destitute victims of industrial malpractice. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
Ministers say local authorities will be told «beyond doubt» that they have no obligation to help rejected asylum seekers and their children, who will purposefully be left destitute in a bid to convince them to leave the country. (politics.co.uk)
Frances Irvine, left destitute in the wake of her father's sudden death, has been forced to abandon her life of wealth and privilege in London and emigrate to the Southern Cape of Africa. (bookbrowse.com)