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of Trade, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., 122 N.H. 344, 346, 444 A.2d 550, 551 (1982) (affirming refusal to strike default judgment entered because attorney violated procedural rule); Brady v. Duran, 117 N.H. 275, 276-77, 372 A.2d 283, 284-85 (1977) (upholding dismissal of plaintiff’s case where attorney’s office personnel committed clerical error and writ not timely entered); In re Brewster, 115 N.H. 636, 638, 351 A.2d 889, 890 (1975) (stating that pro se litigants are bound by same rules o

We have, in previous cases, “often strictly adhered to deadlines and other procedural requirements and have denied relief to delinquent parties.” Brady v. Duran, 117 N.H. 275, 276, 372 A.2d 283, 284-85 (1977).

Brady v. Duran, 117 N.H. 275, 277, 372 A.2d 283, 285 (1977); see also Carveth v. Latham, 110 N.H. 232, 234, 265 A.2d 1, 2-3 (1970) (dismissal for *726 failure to prosecute is not adjudication on the merits for purposes of RSA 508:10).

This defect of form resulted in the superior court clerk’s refusal to accept the case for filing.

See, e.g., Brady v. Duran, 117 N.H. 275, 277, 372 A.2d 283, 284-85 (1977); Dumas v. Hartford &c. Ind.

at 986-87, 453 A.2d at 1275 (citing Brady v. Duran, 117 N.H. 275, 276, 372 A.2d 283, 284 (1977)).

Although the superior court has discretion to allow late entry of any writ, process, or appeal, such discretion is not unlimited.

D’Agincourt v. Anderson Foreign Motors, Inc., 119 N.H. 476, 479, 402 A.2d 1340, 1342 (1979); Brady v. Duran, 117 N.H. 275, 276, 372 A.2d 283, 284 (1977); cf. American Board of Trade, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., 122 N.H. 344, 346, 444 A.2d 550, 551 (1982).

He further considered that we have held that “[a] client whose attorney negligently fails to prosecute a civil claim in a timely fashion is generally denied relief from the consequences of his attorney’s neglect.” Brady v. Duran, 117 N.H. 275, 277, 372 A.2d 283, 285 (1977); see, e.g., Tessier v. Blood, 122 N.H. 435, 437, 446 A.2d 450, 450 (1982); American Bd.

The attorney’s misconduct in this case, however, did not necessarily compel the trial court to refuse enforcement of its own rules.

The trial court’s denial of the plaintiff’s motion was affirmed on appeal.

Beaudoin v. Couture, 98 N.H. 272, 98 A.2d 148 (1953); cf. Broderick v. Smith, 92 N.H. 33, 23 A.2d 774 (1942).