Alexander Chaffers was a notorious lawyer who was a party in the scandal of
Sir Travers and Lady Twiss in 1872 and was subsequently considered such a
vexatious litigant
Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter whic ...
that the
Vexatious Actions Act was passed in 1896 to stop him. He died in a
workhouse
In Britain, a workhouse () was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. (In Scotland, they were usually known as poorhouses.) The earliest known use of the term ''workhouse' ...
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English solicitors
1821 births
1899 deaths
Vexatious litigants
19th-century English lawyers
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