Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Profession in India

Question:

Assertion (A): Personal injury lawyers in UK are known as ambulance chasers.
Reasoning (R):  These class of lawyers are the sort who solicit business by lurking around hospitals or by ads in newspapers.

Options:

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both A and R are correct and R is not the correct explanation of A.

A is correct but R is false.

A is false but R is correct.

Correct Answer:

A is false but R is correct.

Explanation:

Lawyers in the US can provide information about class actions, can approach clients by handing out business cards and can advertise on internet forums. For class actions, solicitation through referrals is permissible, newspaper and magazine ads and even mass emails are permitted as long as they are not misleading, and no financial incentive is promised. Personal injury ads are commonplace in the USA. Often known as 'ambulance chasers', these personal injury lawyers are robust in their advertising- on billboards, newspapers, flyers, and even distasteful ads on the television. These class of lawyers are the sort who solicit business by lurking around hospitals or by ads in newspapers and in Yellow Pages with toll free numbers and "free" consultations.