Appeal court judge ‘horrified’ at number of litigants without lawyers | Law | The Gua

[Legal Beagles]

A court of appeal judge has said she is “horrified” at the number of unrepresented litigants and warned that the delays caused will “clog up” the justice system. Dame Elizabeth Gloster’s forthright comments were delivered at the launch of a report that exposed low morale within the legal profession and found that 83% of lawyers […]

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[mystery1]

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Not horrified at DJs who ignore the rules when LIPs try to obide by them, not horrified that parking companies abuse the court system to an incredible degree ( CEL in particular) and nothing is being done to stay all parking eye claims pending Beavis. Yeah, fecking LIPs right enough.

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[PAWS]

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So, you need to be rich to get solid legal representation or advice. You need to be rich to go on to third level education. You need to be rich to get decent medical attention in a clean hospital.
This year Dickens’ Christmas carol is going to look like a documentary!!!!!

[Fred]

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Out of the Four occasions I have been to court there was only once when a duty solicitor was available to consult with.

[MIKE770]

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never found one yet - Tory cutbacks told

[enquirer]

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Not worried either that around 12% of the workload dealt with by Magistrates is now TV Licence related prosecutions.

Source: Martin Evans, Daily Telegraph ‘TV licence offences account for one in ten UK court cases’ 22/08/2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10256679/TV-licence-offences-account-for-one-in-ten-UK-court-cases.html

[mystery1]

Re: Appeal court judge ‘horrified’ at number of litigants without lawyers | Law | The

Not horrified at DJs who ignore the rules when LIPs try to obide by them, not horrified that parking companies abuse the court system to an incredible degree ( CEL in particular) and nothing is being done to stay all parking eye claims pending Beavis. Yeah, fecking LIPs right enough.

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Obide, wtf is that

Abide, obviously.

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[Amethyst]

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lol.

How many DCA's get struck out instantly when their N180's are back one day late ???? I bet you it's none.

[mystery1]

Re: Appeal court judge ‘horrified’ at number of litigants without lawyers | Law | The

Not horrified at DJs who ignore the rules when LIPs try to obide by them, not horrified that parking companies abuse the court system to an incredible degree ( CEL in particular) and nothing is being done to stay all parking eye claims pending Beavis. Yeah, fecking LIPs right enough.

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As i said, where is the anger towards the judge ignoring the rules and standards that the loser pays ?

http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...216#post495216

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[Amethyst]

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It's all one sided and a pile of poo, we know that, but as LIPS there's bloody little we can do without getting solicitors firms involved in our cases. Stupidly half these cases would be ditched much earlier with a solicitor on board.

[righty]

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No sh1t Sherlock where has she been that she didn't know this would happen

[suffering]

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its not just the lips that struggle to work out how the system works half the judges hav'nt a clue and they look to the sol or barrister that the lip is opposing for guidance

[FlamingParrot]

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its not just the lips that struggle to work out how the system works half the judges hav'nt a clue and they look to the sol or barrister that the lip is opposing for guidance

That's because they have to hear all sorts of cases such as personal injury, housing issues, consumer disputes, debt and some employment matters such as unpaid wages. They can't be experts in every area of law.

[EXC]

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That's because they have to hear all sorts of cases such as personal injury, housing issues, consumer disputes, debt and some employment matters such as unpaid wages. They can't be experts in every area of law.

I totally agree and it rather supports Dame Elizabeth Gloster’s point IMO.

Judges can only work with the information they're given and that must be best supplied and presented by someone legally qualified to do so.

[righty]

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As they say in the legal profession "no s*** Sherlock

What a clever judge AND just what did these principal officers of the court think would happen after Failing got finished with the destruction of Legal Aid? that everyone would work for now't I suppose, hence the push for lawyers to work pro-bono