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First, I am not a PI lawyer but I am a solicitor. I do suspect that as with the notorious "tripping" cases that some people don't need much encouragement to put in a claim for holiday sickness when they've had a comparatively mild stomach bug (and quite conceivably when they have not - and at best have had a self-induced hangover tummy). Equally I am quite sure that many people who actually suffer quite badly with serious infections from lack of hygiene at their holiday venues never get round to make a claim because they are not really aware that they can. It's a strange world....but there you go. I do want there to be lawyers who knowingly encourage claimants to make commit fraudulent claims in the profession. It's all down to proof at the end of the day. Equally I do not want the public kept in the dark about their rights to make a claim where they have clearly suffered significantly by dint of someone else's negligence. How do we square this circle? Perhaps by limiting, ironically, those who can act in connection with these matter to those who need to be concerned about maintaining professional standards. There will still be bad apples but possibly fewer of them!