For example, the increase in insurance premiums, additional red tape for businesses, cancellation of school trips, performance of possibly unnecessary medial treatments and the disappearance of favourite amusements for children in parks.
It is right, he stresses, that under certain circumstances people should be entitled to claim compensation through the Courts.
But in America the litigation culture has already gone too far and we are in danger of following.
We need clear boundaries of what is, or is not, a proper claim which should be seriously considered by the Court