A dirty trade

Half of a half page advertisement in the DT from a gang called Curtislegal, a gang seeking to make hay out of the troubles of our troubled heath and care industries, not least the NHS.

Fair enough, getting bed sores is a largely avoidable problem, something an old-school nursing sister would see little of on her watch, but trawling for and then screwing punitive damages out of hard pressed providers is hardly a good way forward.

And lawyers wonder why they are so often slagged off in conversations in bars. Probably even more often than bankers.