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Is too expensive, with
costs too uncertain and often disproportionately high relative to the value of the claim
and to the resources of potential litigants. |
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Is too slow in bringing
a case to a conclusion. |
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Operates a system of
rules imposing interlocutory obligations that are often disproportionate to the procedural
needs of the case and productive of expense and delay. |
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Is too susceptible to
obstructionist tactics by the manipulation of interlocutory rules, contributing to and
permitting exploitation of substantial waiting-times for interlocutory applications. |
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Is insufficiently
case-managed and too adversarial, with the running of cases left in the hands of the
parties and their legal advisers rather than the courts, with the rules often ignored and
not enforced. |
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Is incomprehensible to
many people and does not do enough to facilitate use of the system by litigants in person. |
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Does not do enough to
promote equality between litigants who are wealthy and those who are not. |
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