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Access to justice: Jackson report is self-defeating

Re: Bin Man The public hate cheesy “no win, no fee” adverts fronted by ham actors and organised by cash hungry claims companies with scant knowledge of the law and copious knowledge on how to self-promote, hunt clients and make money. Despite the best efforts of indulgent prats like Jim Beresford, I am sure that most members of the public are happy with the service they receive from their PI lawyer. If Jackson’s poorly thought-out plan is implemented then I’m sure that in the future when Mr. Joe Bloggs needs to claim for his accident at work and discovers that he will potentially lose a cut of his damages, the old “no win, no fee” scheme will be looked back on fondly. How exactly are claimant lawyers supposed to sell “you will receive 73% of your compensation” or “unless your claim has at least a 60% chance of success, we won’t be bothering with it”??

28-Jan-2010

2:15 pm