EXCESSIVE LITIGATION.
"STUPIDITY" OF PARTIES. COMMENTS BY A SOLICITOR. [BT TELEGRAPH. — OWN CORRESPONDENT.] MORRINSVILI>E. Wednesday. In welcoming Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., at the Magistrates' Court yesterday, Mr. S. S. Allen said the magistrate would find that much of the litigation that came before the Court was entirely uncalled for. It was due to the stupidity of plaintiffs in bringing the actions, and to the stupidity of defendants in not making an effort to settle actions in which they were boun<j to pay. Mr. Alien said there appeared to be a certain amount of restlessness in the population, which gave rise to excessive litigation. This kind of litigation should be discouraged. The only people who profited by it were the legal practitioners. The magistrate said his predecessor had had a very large district to cover, and he had not been able to give the time necessary to attend to all the work. He hoped that as soon. as the present congestion of cases had been dealt with there would be no delay in future, and that the work would be attended to as expeditiously as possible.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17696, 3 February 1921, Page 4
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