"Ms. Mitchell is considering all of her legal options in the civil justice system because of what she suffered that night, " said Allred.

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Common sense and the principles of tort law in the American civil justice system are not always synonymous.

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The current confusion in class action law is harmful for everyone -- employers, employees, businesses of all types and sizes, and the civil justice system.

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I'm reminded very much -- if you look at the quite similar parallel cases between Abdulmutallab and Richard Reid, obviously spaced some years apart, but each trying to do harm to a transatlantic flight using similar chemicals, decisions were made by the previous administration after looking at all of the factors involved to enter Richard Reid into our civil justice system.

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All such measures burden an already overloaded justice system and interfere with the handling of other cases, both criminal and civil.

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Though there are vociferous grumbles at the pace of change and doubts about the way the Woolf reforms are being implemented, there are few defenders of the lengthy delays and huge costs inherent in the current civil-justice system.

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John Wadham, director of civil rights organisation Liberty, described the law as "a fundamental part of our criminal justice system".

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