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Forum (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 19, 2008

Have a Very Merry Lawsuit

Just in time for the holidays: lawsuits against Christmas festivals and shopper-on-shopper violence, writes John G. Browning. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By John G. Browning

The government of Papua New Guinea has an unusual request this Christmastime - it wants more lawyers. It seems the financially strapped, South Pacific island nation doesn't have enough lawyers to represent itself in court, leading to a rise in "vexatious claims" by people against the government and judgments by default as a result of no government lawyers being available to show up at court hearings. The resulting ...

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