It will change when lawers and sollicitors stop looking for a fast buck. Not fair to blame the docs I think, it's easy to go to the surgery and complain about a bad neck, not much they can do to check.

But, when your sollicitor says - hang on to your claim, the longer is goes on for the more money you get, he/she doesn't say how much of that money goes into their pocket - easy money for them that.