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The Problem With Some Uncooperative Litigation Friends - Thomas Crockett, 1 Chancery Lane

09/02/14. What happens when you are involved in litigation where a party’s interests (either your client or the other side’s) are represented by litigation friend who refuses to cooperate with you or other people involved in the case?

In many cases, surely the answer is simply to apply to the court for the recalcitrant litigation friend to be replaced for the best interests of the protected litigant. However it is clear that notwithstanding the manifest damage being caused by an uncooperative litigation friend, their removal may be anticipated to do more harm than good.  Such was the case in...

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