Allocation of legal fees

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What will a pre-allocation of legal fees in your contract do for an argumentative counterpart but encourage it to pursue its convictions, frustrations or pet theories to their nth degree? Litigation is a soulless enough occupation when you can’t avoid it — it benefits no-one but our learned friends, and it benefits them a lot — without encouraging your clients to engage in it by offering to pay their costs.