‘An employment tribunal which decided to carry out its own internet research, apparently to help a litigant in person, has been condemned by Mr Justice Langstaff, president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).’
Litigation Futures, 20th November 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Our “antiquated” courts faced “severe crisis” without significant investment, the lord chief justice said yesterday. Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd offered journalists a judicial perspective on the financial pressures being imposed upon the courts at his annual press conference.’
LegalVoice, 13th November 2014
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘If you were in the desperate position of needing brain surgery, would you be content for someone with no medical training, but who had seen quite a few brain operations, to carry out yours?
BBC News, 10th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A senior family court judge has condemned the injustice of the newly pared-back legal aid system after an illiterate mother of four, with poor sight and hearing, was forced to represent herself in a court hearing over the custody of her children.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘”My daughter started school last month and I don’t even know what school she goes to.”
These are the words of a father who has not seen his daughter, now aged four, for two years.’
BBC News, 13th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Denying individuals legal aid for complex Court of Protection cases is a false economy, a High Court judge has warned.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th October 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Growing numbers of domestic violence victims are being quizzed by their former partners in court due to cuts in legal aid which have led to a rise in litigation-in-person cases, family law specialists are warning.’
The Independent, 5th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘There have been a number of attempts by those facing repossession and worse at the hands of mortgage lenders to dispute the validity of the claims against them on the basis of a failure to comply with the necessary legal formalities. Mortgage lenders typically send a mortgage offer letter that they invite their borrower to sign. Often the mortgage lender does not formally sign the offer letter. At the time of an advance there is usually a mortgage deed which is often signed by the borrower not the lender.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 10th September 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘A career judiciary with fast-track promotion to higher courts may be required to overcome lack of diversity on the bench, the UK’s most senior judge has suggested.’
The Guardian, 17th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Litigants in person are not getting fair hearings, the Common’s Justice Committee heard this morning.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd September 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Children are being damaged by the rising number of estranged couples representing themselves in family court battles, a former judge has claimed.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a litigant in person who sued her solicitors for negligence and whose claim included the grounds that she suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome.’
Litigation Futures, 28th August 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Jacqui Thomas, barrister, 37 Park Chambers, summarises the recommendations of the Financial Remedies Working Group.’
Family Law week, 22nd August 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The Financial Remedies Working Group was established by the President of the Family Division in June 2014. Chaired by Nicholas Mostyn J and Stephen Cobb J, its task being described in the “View from the President’s Chambers (number 12)” as being two-fold: “to explore ways of improving the accessibility of the system for litigants in person and to identify ways of further improving good practice in financial remedy cases…. confined to matters of practice and procedure”.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 14th August 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘More than 19,000 more parents appeared in civil courts with no lawyer in cases about children, in the year after legal aid cuts, it has emerged.’
BBC News, 16th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Byron James, barrister, Fourteen considers some of the less publicised consequences of the reform of the family justice system.’
Family Law Week, 27th June 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor, and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law, both of Mills & Reeve LLP, analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in May.’
Family Law Week, 12th June 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The most senior family judge in England and Wales has asked the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, to explain how a case involving a father’s contact with his son can proceed without legal aid.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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