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they are sue-happy and it's costing the economy a bundle.
The big issue there is the cancerous growth of tort actions, or lawsuits seeking damages for grievances. "Jackpot justice" — outsized compensation
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large jackpots and, by some twist of fate, Philippine-born labourers. The similarities end there.
Recently 10 workers at Winnipeg's only Filipino restaurant won $19.9-million in a Super 7 draw
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guaranteed loans
Government investigation
Illusion of government oversight
Jackpot justice
Justice
Lawsuits, class action
McDonald’s of…
Mediation: information gathering that aids the destruction of valid
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story, Big Tobacco, Tobacco industry-type defence, Class-action dead end, Lawsuits, class-action, Loser pays court costs, Contingency fees, Jackpot justice, Canada, 20050321 Tobacco class-
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principles seem so much humbug: Lawyers have it both ways and citizens get it no way at all.
The Globe and Mail
February 6, 2001
Justice is greedy
The real cost of high lawyers' fees is a legal system
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It's not about the money
Jackpot justice
Jealously guarded monopoly on the provision of legal services
Judge-made law: case law, applied common law principles
Jumps bail
Jury trial very rare in Canada
Just
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allowing for a franchising Ombudsman is before Parliament, there is no sign of any action nationally.
http://www.smh.com.au
August 11, 2010
The price of justice
Chalpat Sonti
Every so often, a story comes
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Justice asks lawyers to curb cost of seeking justice
Janice Tibbetts
HALIFAX – Beverley McLachlin, the Chief Justice of Canada, yesterday called on the legal profession to “do its part” in curbing costs
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Chief Justice Scott said the problem is especially acute in the family-law field, where he described legal aid as being ""practically non-existent."" Approximately one of every
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name do people with no income in their 70s and 80s with no assets get hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans?".
The New Zealand Herald
May 3, 2008
Blue Chip investors' battle for justice
Maria
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