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It's a real travesty that law suits cost money. It basically ensures the one with the deepest pockets has the largest chance of winning. I would love to see a c
by rowanG077 5y ago
It's a real travesty that law suits cost money. It basically ensures the one with the deepest pockets has the largest chance of winning. I would love to see a country that doesn't allow commercial lawyers for lawsuits. But instead both parties get a randomly assigned lawyer from the state. The party that is suing also has to pay a sum of money which they get back if the case is deemed non-ridiculous.
- vasco 5y ago> It's a real travesty that law suits cost money > The party that is suing also has to pay a sum of money How much thought have you given to this?
- AdrianB1 5y agoIt really depends on the country and the matter; I was part in several civil and criminal (as victim) cases where I self-represented myself, zero cost, so far I won every single time. The same cases in US would have costed me 6-digit numbers or more in lawyer fees, it is a lot more difficult to self-represent there.
- rowanG077 5y agoI know you are joking. But if you had actually understood the rest of the comment you wouldn't be asking this question.
- johndhi 5y agothis isn't that far off from how some european systems work. for example, in the UK[0], if you lose a lawsuit, you have to pay not only your attorney's fees, but the other party's attorneys fees. It gets very expensive. As a result, some percentage of valid claims are not filed because the losing party cannot bear the risk of losing. 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_rule_(attorney%27s_fees) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_rule_(attorney%27s_fee...
- jacquesm 5y agoFortunately those fees are capped at something reasonable and rarely approach the actual costs. Still, it is a risk that you probably shouldn't take for a hobby project, it's all downside and very little upside.