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 that the
Vexatious Actions Act was passed in 1896 to stop him. He died in a
workhouse
In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (, lit. "poor-house") was a total institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. In Scotland, they were usually known as Scottish poorhouse, poorh ...
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English solicitors
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19th-century English lawyers
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