And how long before the bottom feeding pond life lawyers get going ?

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/s...-signs-to-be-scrapped

Not before time, but in this risk averse country we now live in (Thanks to leeching solicitors and it is always 'some one else s fault'), how long will it be before the suing starts?

I can see the TV ads being commissioned right now.

[bazwillrun]

not just the countryside, its everywhere.

most of the signs i see are pointless, on some roads theres so many you cant even take them in before youve driven past them.

but its typical of this countrys petty bureaucratic nature

[Svejk]

I like you ymb and I'd like to see what you're saying,
Unfortunately, I can't access video on this phone. Could you include a short precis with question?

[bazwillrun]

seeing your avatar pic has made me decide to dig out and read the good soldier Schwejk again, always liked it

[jake-the-peg]

Good to see they're tackling the important issues first eh?

[McMouse]

//And How Long Before The Bottom Feeding Pond Life Lawyers Get Going ?//

All the lawyers I know are decent hard working people. In my opinion there are too many unnecessary road signs and the sooner they are removed the better.

[Svejk]

Sorry for butting in. Again. Must have read it 10 times. There was a book of collected writing that might interest you, published by Oxford Uni. Press. ( C.Parrott? Trans.)

[FredPuli43]

And the official signs are not recognised by many, anyway (the one in the link is 'Warning: boobs in road', in case you were wondering).

Can't see how lawyers benefit from fewer signs. You'd be hard pressed to get a case going because a sign had been removed, unless it was to warn of something which no reasonable driver could have anticipated and the accident occurred in direct consequence of the absence. But that's not what the minister means; it's the useless or unnecessary 'informatory' signs that are the problem.

The 'bottom feeders' flourish because of 'no win, no fee'. Legal aid was scrapped for personal injury claims. To entice lawyers to take up this work, the government agreed that they should get a massive uplift in the costs they could claim if successful. Before,the potential claimant had his case scrutinised, the solicitor could be at some risk if he certified a case as deserving support when that proved to be unmerited, and costs were tightly controlled. Cases that didn't get legal aid on the grounds that the case didn't merit it could be appealed to a tribunal, but the tribunal were a pretty tough lot to persuade.