Comments on: UK: 43-year legacy battle empties estate https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/11/uk-43-year-legacy-battle-empties-estate/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:38:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: markm https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/11/uk-43-year-legacy-battle-empties-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:38:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4204#comment-4806 That’s only about 10,000 pounds (less than $20,000) per year. British lawyers must work cheap.

]]> By: Supremacy Claus https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/11/uk-43-year-legacy-battle-empties-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-4805 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:23:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4204#comment-4805 The question about this story is whether, as losers, the clan will have to pay the other side’s legal fees over 43 years, under the English Rule?

Tormenting the other side to validate one’s righteousness may be worth one’s legal fees. The Brits take it a step further than we do. They ask if it is worth paying the fees of both sides?

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