On 12/02/15 23:36, michael adams wrote:

But the situation you describe isn't the result of regulation, but of the abolition
of regulation. Regulations against advertising by solictors, and regulations
against no win no fee arrangements.

Fair point -

I was however thinking of stuff like:

Part P
Part L
DBS/CBR checks even if you are just a parent helper at a school under
more or less constant supervision
Having to send gawd knows how many documents off to join a new
bank/credit card/etc
Having to "prove my identity" to my own solicitor on a regular basis.
and many many more

I was also annoyed the other night when I watched a programme about the
HSBC money laundering - and there was (I think) a taxman saying "and
there's no good reason someone could want to withdraw x-100,000 in cash".

Whilst I hate the tax fiddlers, that really ****ed me off. "No good
reason???!!" Well, yes there is a good reason - it's their money and
they can take it about how they like. Only at the point they fail to pay
their taxes, do they break the law.

What he really meant was "We hate it when you make it hard to spy on
everyone".

Makes me want to take my savings out, convert to gold kruggerands and
hide them literally all over the place.



Prior to this very few people, certainly outside of a union and with a very strong case,
would ever have the resources to sue their employer, their doctor or anyone
else. Or would have the faintest idea about the rights and wrongs of their
particular case and how they could go about pursuing it.

Nowadays you can't turn on theTV without being bombarded by adverts by ambulance
chasing firms of solicitors inviting you to sue the arse off anyone who
may have wronged you in any way. While the acceptance rate may be low
the fact that they can afford to advertise on TV must mean that the amount
of compo flying around must be hitting some people pretty hard in the
pocket.

Although it maybe goes without saying, that as in USA, the elected representatives
mainly resposnible for this de-regulation were not short of lawyers among their ranks.


michael adams

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