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Litigants In Person: Equality in arms
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 …
Cases Referenced
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- J v J [2014] EWHC 3654 (Fam)
- Re B (Litigants in Person: Timely Service of Documents) [2016] EWHC 2365 (Fam)
- Re D (Children)(Placement order: Procedural irregularities on appeal) [2015] EWCA Civ 409
- Re L (A Child) [2015] EWFC 15
- Seagrove v Sullivan [2014] EWHC 4110 (Fam)