Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:17:25 01/08/04
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On January 08, 2004 at 15:54:31, Mark R. Anderson wrote: >On January 08, 2004 at 14:04:18, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 08, 2004 at 12:55:19, Steve Maughan wrote: >> >>>Christophe, >>> >>>[snip] >>>>...And you would lose and have to pay for all the legal fees. >>> >>>This is the case under British law but, as I understand it, it's not the case >>>for US law where everyone pays their own costs. On this one I prefer the >>>British system. The US system seems to have the dynamic that if you have money >>>you can bully other since they will need to find cash to defend themselves. >>>Maybe this is the reason why there are so many lawyers in the US (~10% of my >>>phone book is 'Lawyers') >>> >>>Steve >> >>You can counter-sue for "damages", which in this case would be attorney's >>fees... That happens often enough. > >Robert, > >I'm not a lawyer (so perhaps I can still hope to have my soul), but I have been >told that you can sue someone under Tort law for "Misuse of Legal Process" where >you can show that someone is merely legally bullying you, should have known they >were wrong, or is just plain misusing the process. That's what I was referring to above. "damages"... > Of course another opinion >posted here that those with money can often bully those without in this country >remains true. Money does talk. > >Japan is a country where it is viewed as important to settle one's differences, >and apologize, without suing. There are many fewer lawyers per capita in Japan >than in the US. I heard that when Japan was at a very prosperous economic time, >many American lawyers wanted to go practice in Japan. The Japanese forbid them >from doing that, because they were afraid the American lawyers would want to go >around suing everyone, causing a big mess. Now if only we could do that in this >country .... > >Mark Anderson
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