Litigants who persist with manifestly hopeless applications and make baseless allegations of misconduct against opposing parties and their lawyers face indemnity costs, and where their conduct suggests they will not accept adverse decisions, gross sum costs orders will be made to avoid the expense and delay of taxation. Citation of non-existent AI-generated authorities undermines a party's credibility.
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