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Alton Towers article

  • 04-06-2015 12:11am
    #1
    Gatling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭


    Just out of curiosity the recent roller coaster accident in alton Towers, would articles written by a lawyer talking about what and who might be effected from the from people actually injured and witnesses been entitled to compensation ,
    This guy seems to be an ambulance chaser to me .
    Would ethics come into play when writing and posting similar articles it's imo a advertisement for his services more than anything

    see below for the article

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alton-towers-rollercoaster-crash-smiler-5815171

    Apologies in advance if this isn't suitable for the forum.
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Comments

  • #2
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,998 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    He didn't write or post this article; he was interviewed for it.

    He is not quoted as suggesting that anyone with a potential claim should use his firm, and what it said about him and his firm suggests that personal injuries litigation is not their main line of practice or expertise.

    I think it's a bit of a stretch to see this as touting. If it is, then any report of any lawyer anywhere saying that some newsworthy event involves a breach of duty for which a remedy is likely to be available is touting.

    The general tone of the article does strike me as a bit tasteless but, hey, it's the Daily Mirror. If "tasteless" bothers me, then I have no-one but myself to blame for reading it.


  • #3
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Peregrinus wrote: »
    He is not quoted as suggesting that anyone with a potential claim should use his firm, and what it said about him and his firm suggests that personal injuries litigation is not their main line of practice or expertise.

    +1 His company's website (by omission) suggests that they are not interested in personal injury litigation ....

    http://www.russellandcosolicitors.co.uk/


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