… as we forgive those who trespass against us

Sometimes you really have to complain to the tribunal about how the other side has behaved – in order to ask for costs, for instance, or to explain your inability to do something you are supposed to have done. But don’t be too trigger-happy, especially about minor things. There are a lot of pit-falls in litigation, and you may find yourself in need of the tribunal’s or the other side’s indulgence at some point. If you’ve thrown a hissy fit every time the respondent has done anything a little bit late, or vaguely careless or annoying, you’ll find them much less sympathetic when it’s you having difficulty complying with a deadline or getting your witnesses to the tribunal at the right time.

This is a particular instance, of course, of the general rule about only fighting the battles you actually need to fight in order to win the case.