Save 100,000 Jobs

[brucie1996]

http://www.activism.com/en_GB/petition/save-100-000-jobs-in-the-legal-industry/42852#signnow

[FredPuli43]

Nonsense. How does changing the level throw 100,000 out of work?

[IggyB]

Badly written piece but i see where they are coming from as legal fees at small claims are covered by the respective parties rather than all being covered by the losing side it would mean that no one is going to be making smallish personal injury claims using legal firms assistance (why spend £1500 on legal fees to win £1000). The change in limits is designed to inhibit the work of the no win no fee market and thus reduce the insurance premiums for the majority of people (hopefully), this will lead to job loses but 100,000 seems a bit in the high side.

If you wanted my support you would have needed to explain the background to the issue, outlined why the limit is being increased and then persuaded me that this is a bad thing.

[buildersmate]

Personally I'm more interested in reducing the cost of insuring my car, part of which goes in supporting this whole industry, which in turn supports these 100k jobs.

If if the petition really means:

'sign here to continue the ridiculous waste through dubious insurance claims that no-one ever thought of trying to claim for until they were set-up to do so by this industry',

then I know where my vote goes.

[FredPuli43]

That, methinks, is, in short, exactly what it means BM. The "industry", a term chosen, in preference to "profession", to gain sympathy for call centre operatives and office workers inloved in it, was both hit, and created in its present form, by the abolition of legal aid in personal injury and some other work. When these lesser claims are removed from the costs structure a potential for earning a lot of money is removed. They no longer do it, but it was interesting how the figures for damages received and advertised by claims farmers were remarkable for being both within this range and for being, prima facie, very low for the injuries and suffering complained of. It is tempting to think that the firms were settling for a small sum on the basis that accepting a "settle and go away" offer was very tempting to the defendant's solicitors and insurers, though it sounded a lot to the claimant who wouldn't know any better.

[buildersmate]

'Claims farmer' that's a new word. I wonder if it has made it yet into The Shorter Oxford Dictionary. Indeed will it do so before it becomes completely redundant as a 'profession'.