A pity that multinational companies can usually afford much better lawyers than the average Joe.
It's really not the same as threatening your neighbor with a "We'll see each other in court", for a parking lot dispute.
It's really not the same as threatening your neighbor with a "We'll see each other in court", for a parking lot dispute.
I never said that is system is perfect. You can create mechanisms where you look at incomes and look at percentage of fees to be paid to a lawyer. Similar to how fines are calculated in some countries.
The larger point being made was the current system of representation of giving a public counsel definitely doesn't work. We need to move towards better systems.
I'm always amazed at how afraid customers are of companies in the US/UK. Like this article, where they threaten legal action and make the customer responsible for being available to hand off the third Switch. As a customer in a western European country, I'd laugh straight in their face and wouldn't lose a second of sleep over threats like that. I may live in a country that has a weird and at times annoying obsession with rules and regulations, but when it comes to being a consumer, it's great.
Force both parties to pool resources, and hire legal help from that pool and no others. So if a large company sues an individual or small one, it pays a large percentage of the latter's legal costs.
Simply to ban private legal representation and have everyone represent themselves in court?
I'm sure large companies would act a bit more nicely if any court case meant the CEO had to personally leave the office and fight it out in court.
Banning private legal representation would be more likely to hurt everyday citizens, rather than CEOs. Large companies would just start to hire lawyers or equivalent as their CEOs. The law system is incredibly complex because our society is equally complex. This is why we train professionals for so many years, and expect them to take regular classes every year so their knowledge is kept up date.
I think it would be interesting to review outcomes of cases where a regular person or small company challenged a large company, as well as the inverse. Just how much power do large multinational companies have? I'd also expect more leniency to be shown to individuals and smaller companies acting in good faith. As I understand it, intent is a large factor in many cases.