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Originally Posted by Chris
You don't get legal aid for civil proceedings and on balance that's a good thing. The nearest we currently have to civil proceedings without the cost is no-win-no-fee arrangements for personal injury and the like - and that system is royally screwing everything up for the majority of us via massive increases in insurance premiums.
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I agree but it rather puts the balance in favour of the rich media barons rather than the impoverished or merely strapped for finances Jo Bloggs..Now if the PCC had any clout it wouldn't be necessary for anyone to have to seek litigation to get any kind of apology with or without a bri err cash remuneration.Frankly just seeing a public apology across a newspaper's front page would be all I'd have gone for if I were in the Dowler's place.
Not that I blame them for taking the money.