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Doesn't appear to me that anyone has stated the blindingly obvious here:

- Claims found to be spurious will fail and the lawyers will certainly not make any profit, indeed, they're likely to be the ones footing the bill when ATE providers say no and the Claimants are men/women of straw;

- Claims settled by the MOJ are on the whole likely to be settled for good reasons and can be considered to have had merit;

- Where claims are strongly believed to be without merit - that is, without merit in fact or in law, not based on whatever moral panic catches the government chooses to run with that week - such cases should not be settled and should be fought to trial, just as an insurer should not settle an RTA claim it genuinely believes to be fraudulent;

- What are the wider implications? Does this mean there will be no Court martial where a soldier goes AWOL in theatre? Or if he/she robs somebody?

I fear yet more hastily drafted legislation with glaring holes in it.