Last year we looked at those things that caused litigators stress and fear. This year we are looking at annoying things from "the other side". That can mean from beyond the grave, or those people who are instructed to represent your client's opponents (they may sometimes feel to be one and the same)...
An email – ostensibly friendly – from my opponent informing me that the court had notified him that the case in which we were engaged was due to be heard at 2PM the following day – when in fact it was listed for 10AM !