Ambulance chasers on telly now!

JPS29

Just watching dispatches on ch4. Scams claims and compensation.

The Star Trek mad solicitor says he is hurt when he's called an ambulance chaser, yet he's just took over 5k in costs for a kid stubbing his toe in a playground, and is now trying to sue for a man cutting himself shaving.

You just couldn't make it up:eek:

mikey72

The shaver got £6K allegedly.

dacouch

Strangely enough a very large percentage of [STRIKE]ambulance chasers[/STRIKE] personal injury lawyers come from Liverpool [

ManAtHome

Unfortunately you could make it up - I used to coach badminton as an out-of-hours school activity (wasn't paid for it). Following a claim (on another activity) the volounteers were 'invited' to take out private liability insurance to cover accidents etc. Rather suprisingly, now little or no activities, but some twonk got a few quid for screwing up what was an excellent programme.

JPS29

Dacouch, I'm not ashamed to let everyone know Im a scouser, and proud of it. However that lawyer was not representative of the majority of scousers, or indeed normal people I know. Come on, how could that man sue for the razor incident with a huge scar on his chin from his own misadventure. He admitted it caused him no stress and you could hardly see it!!

Another point that made me laugh was the denial of being an ambulance chaser, yet advertising on appointment cards from the fracture clinic:rotfl:

doelani

The guy with the scar really made me laugh, :rotfl:

rudekid48

Yeah, come on Dacouch - where are you from, I'm sure that I can come up with a good (sic) stereotype of your area?

With love from The Peoples Republic of Liverpool

dacouch

I love Liverpool

dacouch

I pop up to visit my hub caps every year

JPS29

Hang on rude kid.

Dacouch has a point and makes some very helpful posts on here, and has indeed helped me in the past. I dont think s/he was having a dig merely stating a fact. I did actually wonder myself why the "clients" from London couldn't have got a solicitor closer to them. Probably because their cases were laughable and the firm in Liverpool was the only one that wanted to take it on.....

dacouch

JPS29 wrote: »

Hang on rude kid.

Dacouch has a point and makes some very helpful posts on here, and has indeed helped me in the past. I dont think s/he was having a dig merely stating a fact. I did actually wonder myself why the "clients" from London couldn't have got a solicitor closer to them. Probably because their cases were laughable and the firm in Liverpool was the only one that wanted to take it on.....

The vast majority of Personal Injury Solicitors are based in the North West, there is a huge amount in Manchester.

If you live in one part of the country there is a good chance you end up with a solicitor at the other end of the country as there are companies that advertise in the media and then sell your case on to the highest bidder. Solicitors will typically pay between £300 and £400 to obtain a personal injury claim with expected compensation of below £3500