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In the response to the consultation, several authorities and respondents raised issues about administrative costs, so we thought that it might be useful if we did our best to try to calculate those costs.
We might just be arguing about the best wording. There is no disagreement that we are all trying to achieve the central purpose of the bill—certainty in High Court trials.
An advocate has an overriding duty to the court not to mislead the court in any way and to ensure that the court is best equipped to do justice in the case.