UK ambulance chasers start targeting detransitioners

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[–]artetolife 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's really difficult to prove medical negligence, and I imagine it's especially so with some of these trans surgeries where the risks are so inherent.

[–]MarkTwainiac 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I suspect in the UK many people - particularly the young ones - who've gotten suckered into the trans cult but have not necessarily had surgeries still might be able to sue many different parties - such as the NHS/Tavi, Mermaids, GIRES, Gendered Intelligence, Stonewall, local councils, schools - on many different grounds. Such as failing to provide mental health care and diagnostic workups for evident mental health problems, failing in the duty to provide safeguarding, and violating various pieces of legislation pertaining to education, the conduct of charities/lobby groups and the 2010 Equality Act.

Beyond the matter of surgical medical negligence, there are a bunch of laws in the UK that clever lawyers could argue have been breached by all sorts of authorities and organizations - causing vulnerable persons to have been injured psychologically and physically as a result.

On the issue of medical negligence, prescribing or administering testosterone to females and putting children/teens of either sex on puberty blockers can be hugely and permanently damaging in and of themselves. When it comes to "trans medical care" for kids and for females of any age, no surgery is required for major medical harm to have occurred.

[–]artetolife 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Clever lawyers aren't pimping themselves out on a no-win-no-fee basis, these types of solicitors basically just threaten people enough until they settle out of court for a few grand to make you shut up and go away (personal experience here, although not for anything trans related). We'll have to wait to see what happens in the mrs A case starting next month to see if there'll be any real change in the system.

[–]MarkTwainiac 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This particular firm seems to have won many multi-million pound medical negligence cases of all sorts.

https://www.attwatersjamesonhill.co.uk/medical-negligence/recent-medical-negligence-cases/

Also, this firm practices many areas of law - its primary focus traditionally has been wealth management. I know people who are its clients or have consulted them in areas having nothing to to with medical negligence. So don't think it's fair or accurate to assume they are just "ambulance chasers" or to claim they are shysters "pimping themselves out."

"No win, no fee" isn't necessarily a nefarious strategy. Many people in all sorts of cases have no money, and are thus afraid to consult lawyers. "No win, no fee" enables a lot of people to come forward and inquire about whether their cases might have merit.