In seeking to market to the widest possible audience, from
litigants in person through HR professionals and up to «seasoned» practitioners, the Handbook runs the usual risk when seeking to ride a number of horses simultaneously of not quite hitting its stride on any level.
Not exact matches
He said that he believes cuts to legal aid may have been a false economy because the rise
in litigants in person means that judges have to spend time helping
litigants through a case.
[12] The law is clear that anonymizing a judgment by substituting initials for a
litigant's name should only occur
in rare circumstances, such as where it is necessary to protect a vulnerable
litigant or a vulnerable
person who can be identified
through the
litigant.
Giving the lead judgment, Lord Sumption acknowledged that although
litigants in person are often representing themselves
through no choice of their own due to the well - publicised stringent cuts
in legal aid over the last eight years, whilst the Court may be able to make allowances
in respect of case management decisions, a lower standard of compliance with Civil Procedure Rules or Orders of the Court could not be justified.
In the right cases, instructing a barrister direct can represent a significant cost saving over acting through solicitors, and can provide the specialist legal advice which litigants in person need when conducting their own case
In the right cases, instructing a barrister direct can represent a significant cost saving over acting
through solicitors, and can provide the specialist legal advice which
litigants in person need when conducting their own case
in person need when conducting their own cases.
You can apply
through a solicitor, or apply yourself as a «
litigant in person».