Comments on: Vexation http://lawyerslawyer.net/2008/10/05/vexation/ Stephen Warne on professional negligence, regulation and discipline around the world Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:38:11 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Marcellous http://lawyerslawyer.net/2008/10/05/vexation/comment-page-1/#comment-2077 Marcellous Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:46:42 +0000 http://lawyerslawyer.net/?p=622#comment-2077 Your definition of "vexation" as "a departure from the principles of good faith litigation articulated by Justice Ipp" is on the one hand too wide, and on the other, too obscure for it to be surprising that you have not seen it written down before. If the argument (to put it into the mouth of some vexatious or verging on vexatious litigant) is "<em>I'm</em> vexatious? What about <em>them</em>?" that seems to me a recipe for disaster. That's the sort of oxygen such people thrive on. Your definition of “vexation” as “a departure from the principles of good faith litigation articulated by Justice Ipp” is on the one hand too wide, and on the other, too obscure for it to be surprising that you have not seen it written down before.

If the argument (to put it into the mouth of some vexatious or verging on vexatious litigant) is “I’m vexatious? What about them?” that seems to me a recipe for disaster. That’s the sort of oxygen such people thrive on.

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