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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
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20031118-legal-profession
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
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20011228-faith-hope
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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lawyer to bring a bad case."
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Risks: David and Goliath 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-
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20050321-tobacco-class
, no trust or buying
Investors steered to specific attorney
Iowa Franchise Investment Act
It's not about the money
Jackpot justice
Jealously guarded monopoly on the provision of legal services
Judge-made law
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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
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20010206-justice-is-justice-is-greedy
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
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20100811-the-price
oversight, Imbalance of information and power, Industry in disrepute, Industry muscle, Integral part of the deception, Intimidation through lawyers, It's not about the money, Jackpot justice, Law protects
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20000307-les-stewart
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
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20000822-chief-justice
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 four family cases
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20020114-lawyerless-litigants
