I am involved in civil litigation and it would be to my client’s benefit to delay these matters as long as I can. For whatever reason, the opposing counsel is not being aggressive on the case. Is it ethical for me to use these delaying tactics or should I proceed?
In this modern world of litigation, delay tactics are usually frowned upon by all courts. Many county courts in the civil division have fairly rigorous discovery, pretrial and then trial schedules.
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