…draws ire in Oz. (Michael Pelly, “Lawyer’s 27-hour day fuels calls to set legal bills to rights”, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb. 4).
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on February 4, 2004

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