The Real Winners From Long Legal Case Are the Lawyers

The HeraldOctober 23, 2010

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Those unfamilar with the law would be right in thinking that legal representatives were the only winners from an infuriatingly protracted case that ultimately came before the Court of Session. Lord Hamilton, Scotland's most senior judge, in his adjudication of the particularly long and bitter tug-of-love case, was scathing in his condemnation of the parties involved and their legal teams.

It is difficult to see who had anything to gain from stretching such a case to 52 days, played out over nine months, except the solicitors and counsel involved. They earned around pound(s)1m from the case, most of it paid out of the public purse via legal aid.

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The Real Winners From Long Legal Case Are the Lawyers

More alarming still is the Lord President's observation that proceedings of this l...

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