To be pedantic, "How the legal system works in countries with class-action lawsuits and contingency fee billing".
Class-action lawsuit: where you're allowed to sue on behalf of a huge group of people, for all of them.
Contingency fee: where the lawyer takes a percentage of the damages awarded, rather than a gradated fee.
Neither is allowed in either England or (AFAIK) Scotland, because, well, neither country has decided to makes its legal system stupid in that particular way.
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Class-action lawsuit: where you're allowed to sue on behalf of a huge group of people, for all of them.
Contingency fee: where the lawyer takes a percentage of the damages awarded, rather than a gradated fee.
Neither is allowed in either England or (AFAIK) Scotland, because, well, neither country has decided to makes its legal system stupid in that particular way.
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