Probably because he couldn’t or wouldn’t pay. Alternatively, lawyers have a paramount duty as officers of the court. As surprising as this would seem, given th

Probably because he couldn’t or wouldn’t pay. Alternatively, lawyers have a paramount duty as officers of the court. As surprising as this would seem, given the sort of bullshit cases we hear about every day, this creates an obligation for them to not commence proceedings that have no prospects of success. Best of luck to him, anyway. This approach very rarely works out well for litigants.