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The president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal has called lawyers out on making “nit-picking arguments” that tie up courts and add to clients' bills.
Justice Margaret Beazley (pictured) told Lawyers Weekly she is preparing a judgment that condemns lawyers for wasting court time with arguments that are not well-grounded.
“There are some cases that ought never to be run,” Justice Beazley said.
“[Lawyers] are running points and grounds of appeal regardless of whether, on a critical assessment, it has good grounds or not … and presumably they charge for them.”
She said the Court of Appeal is increasingly challenging lawyers to be more efficient in the way they argue cases.
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