"If the model that we have seen in the U.K. and Australia progresses, it will absolutely mean fewer choices for the consumer," said Maia Bent, president of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and a partner with Lerners Personal Injury Group in London, Ont. "The choice that you have is going to be a much more cookie-cutter, assembly-line type of legal service."

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