Hard Bargaining: Out of Court Settlement in Personal Injury Actions

摘要: The book looks at the process by which injury claims are settled without a trial in England. Settlement negotiations conducted between solicitors acting for injured person and negotiators employed insurance companies. bargains struck not supervised courts (except case of children) nor they formally recorded. Out court settlements best interests administration justice, but people? Are reached always fair? This is issue addressed this book. Drawing on interviews with solicitors, barristers, company negotiators, feature study that first time it brings together information from all parties involved negotiation procedure. After discussing inequalities plaintiffs companies, reveals how nature law, structure procedures their advantages as "repeat players" litigation leads companies to take toughest possible line settling claims. A socio-legal academics (particularly USA), law centres, advice centres.