Vanessa McMurtrie looks at the challenges of dealing with unrepresented parties and offers guidance on the tricky area of court bundles ‘Realising the litigant in person is not necessarily at the same junction as your client will help in dealing with them as courteously as possible.’ The right to a fair trial is fundamental to …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | May 2016 #159C wished to stand down as deputy for her aunt A, and a professional deputy be appointed in her place. The application was opposed by D, who was A’s nephew and C’s cousin.
A was 78 and was a member of a titled family. She suffered from schizophrenia and had undergone a frontal leucotomy in 1962. In 1959, A’s sister B had been appointed to be the committee of her person and of her estate. B subsequently became A’s receiver, and later her deputy for property and affairs. In 2012, B wished to stand down and for her daughter C to be appointed in her place. This ...
In the conclusion to a two-part analysis Zoë Fleetwood looks further at the impact of a lack of representation in family proceedings post-LASPO ‘There will be many cases where an applicant will not meet the new residence test and therefore, inevitably, an even greater number of litigants in person before the courts.’ The first part …
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In the first of a two-part consideration, Zoë Fleetwood explores recent cases giving guidance on key issues that arise when dealing with litigants in person ‘Recent judgments have highlighted the impact of both unrepresented parties and lack of funding for, inter alia, experts’ reports.’ Following the coming in to force of the Legal Aid, Sentencing …
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Ruth Abrams analyses the increase in litigants in person and the move away from legal representation ‘There is now a raft of people who would have been eligible for legal aid and who, due to their financial circumstances, now have no access to legal advice.’It is expected that 2014 will see more litigants in person …
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