'My plea is to prevent malicious individuals and aggressive lawyers from abusing the litigation process.' Bala S Rajaratnam
In view of the rising legal cost and the lessons of Jonathan Lock, people are more concerned with how people and lawyers can abuse their financial and professional clout to the disadvantage of the poorer and weaker citizens.
It is timely that there is a called for an alternative route for justice. Not the kind where you need money to buy justice.
Unfortunately, the State has a MONOPOLY on "justice".
ReplyDeleteIt also insists on COMPULSORY licensing for service providers (lawyers) which in itself is a huge barrier to entry.
Monopolies, mean monopoly pricing. The cost of state monopolised "justice" will never be "cheap", let alone "affordable" for the average person.
That's just a fact of life. I can't see lawyers giving up their largesse's—in fact, they'll close ranks to protect it.
they should open up the law schools and school of medicines and let all those who are qualified to pursue these disciplines.
ReplyDeleteat least triple the intakes to allow more people to go into these professions. the two professions have been so protected that shortages of lawyers and doctors will always be there. free the institutions to train as many as the market can take.
then we can see young lawyers chasing after ambulances.
Ambulance chasers will always have there place, because people will continue to get petty even with small claims.
ReplyDeleteWhy increase the intake? That is the central-planner-statist's way.
A better way would be to allow competing PRIVATE institutions for all the "classical" professions, and then rivalrous competition will ensue, which is ultimately good for the students—they get the best bang for their education buck, which their parent's strove hard to acquire.
what we really need is a free system where the students choose the courses they want and not be restricted by artificially imposed quotas.
ReplyDeletegive the students and parents the value for their money, yes.