Crackdown on country’s compo culture

SOLICITORS are to be banned from advertising no-foal-no-fee services as part of a crackdown on the country’s compensation culture.

The move to prevent lawyers advertising for compensation business, where they only charge if claims succeed, is the main plank of a plan to curb soaring insurance costs, Justice Minister Michael McDowell confirmed last night.

Mr McDowell said his department was also preparing tough legislation to penalise people putting forward bogus or exaggerated claims.