NB My wife is a specialist commercial litigation lawyer in the UK and I had discussed this issue with her after seeing it mentioned on HN and she pointed out a lot of issues with "loser pays".
Well, it was a while ago and was probably over a shared bottle of wine... :-)
It was one of those occasions where I probably made some comment about how daft the US legal situation sounded to me and she lectured me with a long list of issues with "loser pays" - as she is far brighter than I am I probably didn't quite appreciate the subtleties other than not to remind myself not to make sweeping statements about the legal system around her...
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NB My wife is a specialist commercial litigation lawyer in the UK and I had discussed this issue with her after seeing it mentioned on HN and she pointed out a lot of issues with "loser pays".