Category Archives: Compensation Culture

I’ve typed the words compensation culture so many times that I think I may have given myself RSI (geddit?).  Rather then type it whole lot of other times let me just link you to this article by an esteemed bunch … Continue reading →

  The Government has like to claim that one of the reasons the legal aid reforms are necessary is that we are too litigious. This year’s Judicial Statistics suggests the rather counterfactual nature of those claims. You can read the … Continue reading →

The Green Paper on legal aid suggests that legal aid has encouraged too much litigation but provides no evidence to support that assertion. Having blogged already on this in the context of personal injury cases generally and specifically in relation … Continue reading →

The Green Paper on legal aid suggests that legal aid has encouraged too much litigation but provides no evidence to support that assertion. Having blogged already on this in the context of personal injury cases generally and specifically in relation … Continue reading →

Lord Young’s report Common Sense and Common Safety is out. It speaks of a common sense approach to health and safety and takes the usual swings at greedy lawyers and claims management companies. Tempting as it is, I am not … Continue reading →

This week, compensation culture is ruining education in the Telegraph. With the story claiming there are ‘as many as’ 10 claims a week being paid about by local authorities, the story is of the usual compensation culture gone mad variety. … Continue reading →

My Modern Law Review Article on the impact of contingency fees is out, based on two of my previous reports on a telephone interviews with employment law specialists, and employment claimants as well as an analysis of available date on … Continue reading →