Erin Brockovich is all front. There are the big fake boobs… Here is a woman who… is brimming with self-confidence… only slightly sedated by the millions she has made in the past few years and the fame that has turned her into a shopping mall celebrity. Hence the boob job…
Broko’s Rib-Cushions did little to appease us last year when we characterised her, in our Halloween Special, as The Wicked Witch of the West (EDIT With Whopping Wahwahs). Alas, we’re now starting to finally apprehend the quantum of the commercial leverage that Shine has gained through its association with Ms Brokovich and her Pantomime Pec Peaches.
We received the following tip-off from a Shine Lawyers spy a couple of weeks ago:
Hey FS a group of women who all received the faulty PIP silicone implants from a Gold Coast clinic were referred over summer by their surgeon to Shine Lawyers to see what their rights are. I heard that approximately one dozen irate women, in tight-fitting tops, all descended upon Shine Lawyers’ Southport office at a pre-arranged time, without warning or an appointment, demanding to speak to someone about their breasts.
Apparently the firm is telling the affected women that they should consider a class action. Shouldn’t it be an “unclassy” action?
We’ll let our readers respond to the classiness question in the comments below. But on the more pressing issue of dodgy boobs and Shine Lawyers, it appears our insider is correct. Shine Lawyers’ partner Rebecca Jancauskas appeared on the ABC’s 7:30 Report on 9 January 2012 in a feature entitled Australians tell of traumatic breast ruptures.
Ms Jancauskas told 7:30:
If evidence comes to the surface in this country that the implants pose an inherent risk then we will certainly be exploring the scope for a class action.
The program confirmed that there is no shortage of clients lining up to join in an action:
Rebecca Jancauskas is from Queensland’s Shine Lawyers. Her firm has already been approached by a number of Australian women worried about their implants.
So we sent Ms Jancauskas the following email:
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Request for Comment
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:08:47 -0500
From: news@firmspy.com
To: <rebecca.jancauskas@shine.com.au>
Cc: <enquiries@shine.com.au>Dear Ms Jancauskas,
We recently viewed on the ABC’s 7:30 Report a story concerning toxic breast implants in which it was stated that Shine Lawyers “has already been approached by a number of Australian women worried about their implants.” We are hoping to secure a comment from the firm on this issue.
Does the firm consider that the Australian Government should follow the example of French and English authorities in replacing the breast implants of affected individuals free of charge?
How many Shine Lawyers employees are working on this potential class action? Has Shine found that many of the firm’s male lawyers have been offering to advise the aggreived and buxom ladies who have approached the firm for assistance?
Which of the firm’s offices has experienced the most approaches from females concerned about this issue?
Regards,
FS
We are yet to hear back from Shine. Perhaps the office erupted?
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Perhaps you haven’t received an email back because you have her email address wrong! It is rjancauskas@shine.com.au
@ Cath – the Shine Lawyers website is most unhelpful indeed. No matter how hard we searched, we couldn’t find any contact details other than enquiries@shine.com.au, so we took a punt with rebecca.jancauskas@shine.com.au. We subsequently forwarded the original email to: jancauskas@shine.com.au, jancauskasr@shine.com.au, rebeccajancauskas@shine.com.au and … rjancauskas@shine.com.au, so our guess is she received it
Firmspy, is it not a little hypocritical of you to cast judgment on people like Luis Izzo for their inappropriate comments regarding females, but then make crude comments about Erin Brockovich’s breasts?
most of FS’ criticism in Izzo v Styles was directed at Clayton Utz. Even when it was revealed that Izzo wrote to his colleagues that females at the firm just needed a ‘good f*ck’ to ‘get them back to normal’, FS meekly referred to it as ‘uninspiring stuff for a member of Australia’s legal elite’.
Hardly hypocritical for FS to later make crude remarks about Ms Brokovich’s “flesh bulbs” (lol!!!)
i preferred Erin Brokovich’s real wahwahs in the fake portrayal of her in the film
FS – this is not news, just childish titillation.
@ Anon – I see what you did there. Who doesn’t like to be tit-ilated?
i heart tits
Sounds like a classic go nowhere class action.Based on billing,settlements and public image no real results.
The billing is what you want to spy on.
Complete waste of time. left me and my kids holding the bat could not even go to court explain costs
give your personal details out to strangers
The treat thier own partners like dirt…
stephen roche is low life
Jancauskas has slowed compensation for the fisherman.It is iterference with a recommendation. Good Won
The gov has already declared compensation there needs to just a order of dates and amounts.