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The Jackson report: PI claimant lawyers rue detrimental effect on access to justice

This in reality is an attack on the whole Claimant market. No mention is made about the effect this will have on Claims Farmers. Claimant firms will not be able to pay silly money for cases that have an unrealistic chance of success. Once the Claims farmers have gone, perhaps there will be a degree of reality in only claims with true merit will be brought. However, re ATE's I seem to recall that the success fee was brought in as a political cusion for the blow that the loss Civil Legal Aid caused. One should remember that CFA's were brought in when Legal Aid was lost, saving the Government huge sums and placing the burden for funding cases squarely on the shoulders of Claimant Solicotrs. Accept it or not, but Claimant solicitors perform a public service in this respect. In Summary- Re Reform-Nothings going to happen, it never does. Only half baked solutions are found making PI procedures an even bigger mess. First we had Order 17r11 to argue about, then CFA's now this. What a silly silly mess.

26-Jan-2010

8:13 pm