Private law firms should not be involved in drafting of legislation
CYNICS who fear Scots law becoming a legal land fit for personal injury lawyers in the wake of the overweaning compensation culture which many observers feel is now rife in Scotland will not be reassured to read your report that compensation lawyers are advising the Scottish Government on legislation to reform fatal accident inquiries ("Widow of tug skipper hits out at inquiry delay", The Herald, December 20).
CYNICS who fear Scots law becoming a legal land fit for personal injury lawyers in the wake of the overweaning compensation culture which many observers feel is now rife in Scotland will not be reassured to read your report that compensation lawyers are advising the Scottish Government on legislation to reform fatal accident inquiries (\"Widow of tug skipper hits out at inquiry delay\", The Herald, December 20).
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The current Scottish Government has been commendably robust in resisting siren calls from the personal injury solicitor lobby on matters such as necessary rises in civil court administrative fees and, some would say, in declining to fix or extend public or judicial inquiries willy nilly. In the view of many informed observers, private firms of lawyers should not in general be asked to draft or assist in the drafting of legislation in which they may have a stake for their clients but no more of a stake than many other bodies or varied interest groups or firms.
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Private law firms should not be involved in drafting of legislation
CYNICS who fear Scots law becoming a legal land fit for personal injury lawyers in the wake of the overweaning compensation culture which many observers feel is now rife in Scotland will not be reassured to read your report that compensation lawyers are advising the Scottish Government on legislation to reform fatal accident inquiries ("Widow of tug skipper hits out at inquiry delay", The Herald, December 20).
The current Scottish Government has been commendably robust in resisting siren calls from the personal injury solicitor lobby on matters such as necessary rises in civil court administrative fees and, some would say, in declining to fix or extend public or judicial inquiries willy nilly. In the view of many informed observers, private firms of lawyers should not in general be asked to draft or assist in the drafting of legislation in which they may have a stake for their clients but no more of a stake than many other bodies or varied interest groups or firms.
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