Supply and Demand: Only a complete moron would think that a regulatory body for claim companies would stop the epidemic of claim fever.... Law Firms Put Miners Back in Work: If anyone was ever looking for an example of people making a living off of the misery of others the story of miner compensation in the UK has the be holy grail of examples.... Gender Bias: Far from making any actual criticism of gender bias in the workplace or commentary about pressure to act like a man, I simply find this piece funny. It makes me smile every time I look at it.... Crime Prevention?: Which crime prevention is more important? The crimes criminals commit against innocent people, or crimes committed against criminals? Seems that the law wants to treat every individual as though they ... The Evolution of Claims Lawyers: Imagine if compensation claims for injuries had started with the beginnings of mankind ... would we be where we are today? Who would have tried to invent an aeroplane? Who would have developed bungee ... Crime Pays: If there's one area of claims that should be targeted but plainly isn't, it's criminal compensation. Rather than being from insurance companies this money comes from tax payers and is paid out to anyo... Heavy Handed Legislation: This cartoon was drawn up before the government displayed their actual compensation bill plans. I expected it to be a heavy handed approach that would infringe on the rights of actual victims and play... Been Promised a Big Cheque?: At the time I had this image in my head I thought it was an exaggerated visualisation of claims companies. Little was I to know that some firms would not just be returning zero cash to their injured c... Conflict-ing: For those who keep emailing saying about how women are second class citizens in Iraq so Justice would not be represented by a woman - it was supposed to represent that they/we pulled down their/our ow... Devolution of Man: We were doing so well, becoming smarter and self-sufficient, the greatest predators on earth. Now we make a living falling over one inch high paving slabs and crying like a little girl?... Scarred for Life: I've seen this on every application for compensation whether it's whiplash with "now I'm scared to ever drive again!" to slipping in a supermarket with "now I can't look at a tin of canned peaches wit... Compensation Bills: Allow me this one cheap crack!... Justice for All: Our courts haven't sunk to the level of their US counterparts yet but the people of this country sure have. The slightest pin-prick and the first thought is "is it enough to win me some cash" rather t... It's Not Personal: Most of the phrases being thrown around are nonsense. "If you've suffered a personal injury ..." (what other type of injury is there?) "... you can make a no win no fee claim ..." (you're not getting ... I See Dead People ... Give Me Compensation: I researched a wrote an article on the developing notion of a compensation culture and one comment stuck out to me. It was by Norwich Union's Chief Executive Patrick Snowball at a conference where he ... Acts of God: Acts of God are the final frontier in compensation claims. The movie The Man Who Sued God with Billy Connelly had good points, it does seem unfair that organisations profit from perpetuating the idea ... God vs Blair Libel Action: The separation of church and state has been in much debate. What is strange though, is that politicians use of religion to hit home political points is never really seen as crossing that line. Tony Bl... Maternity Units: I was five years into this before my first child was born. Till that point I'd sympathised with whiplash victims and consoled those that had slipped on wet floors. After watching 14 hours of my wife i... Karma or Employment Hazard?: I've always wondered how that went down. Do you think people in malpractice law lie when asked their occupation in hospitals? I would imagine that you don't want to tell the guy about to operate on yo... Tom and Jerry Move With the Times: If cartoon characters had modernised and starting suing each other my childhood favourites would never have made it for my kids to watch. Bye, bye Wiley Coyote. So long Elmer Fudd. Have a good retirem... World Peace at Last: In all honesty I came up with this before I found out that we have been paying out millions to people injured in Iraq. It was meant to be a joke, an assumption that countries were too afraid to attack... Crossing the Line?: The media nicknamed claims companies as "ambulance chasers", a term coined in the US where injury lawyers do actually chase ambulances to ask the victims inside if they want to make a claim against an... Desperate times call for desperate measurements: This one is funny at first glance ... then you give it a few seconds and realise that you've actually heard about that sort of thing taking place for real. A claims company actually injuring people so... In Cars: I would like to have stuck a pharmaceutical sales rep in there somewhere but my wife was one and I like a quiet wife ... sorry, I meant life ... ;) >>> (I'm a dead man!) <<<... Justice Realises If You Can't Beat Them ...: This was one where the visual concept came to me before any message, and now it's done I can't pin down my own personal meaning. A commentary on how Justice is not really blind? How Justice looks afte... Santa's Liability Clause: If a child swallows a button that falls off her doll and chokes for a few seconds, the parents will feel anger towards the manufacturor and expect some sort of compensation. If a teenager downs six al... First Aid Trainees Sued: No examples here in the UK (yet) thankfully. I was absolutely appalled to hear that the courts even entertained a lawsuit against an individual who offered first aid to someone who was injured in the ... Had a Great Fall? You might be entitled to compensation ...: Were all the King's Horses and all the King's Men unable to fix Humpty or were they just afraid that if they did anything wrong they would be sued? If you tell someone something is unfixable then you ... Top Gear: I'm normally not shocked by stunts on TV because you generally know that celebs would not try them if they were not 99.9% safe and of course there are always fifty fire engines and ambulances just off... Paper Cut: The never ending circle of compensation.... 1
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