LAWYERS LANGUISH
MANY GASES SETTLED
An ■ unprecedented tendency on' the part of litigants to. negotiate a settlement of their cases' has produced a curious position in tho Law: Courts (says the. "Daily..Mail"). ■A. large number of cases lias already disappeared from the non-juTy list, one of the heaviest set down for decision for many yeai-s, and in many other cases negotiations for a settlement have.reached.an advanced state. This tendency, coupled with the postponement of many cases in which counsel have been engaged on election duties, has unexpectedly caused other actions to be advanced on the lists. As a resixlt applications have had to be made to_ the Court, for postponements or litigants, caught at an inconvenient moment, have moved towards a settlement. !
In this odd circle of events the last will soon be first and the first last.
Discussing the position, a lawyer explained that cases are often set down for trial before preliminaries have been completed. That is done to get a reasonable place in ths list. Then, when the settlement and the deciding of cases- higher in the .list occur, it is found that tho trial cannot proceed because important witnesses are abroad or the documents incomplete. Postponement has to be sought, to the similar discomfiture of lower in tho list.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1932, Page 14
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213LAWYERS LANGUISH Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1932, Page 14
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