Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Price of self-representation weighs on courts

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/price-of-self-representation-weighs-on-courts/article2437747/


Price of self-representation weighs on courts


One judge who was surveyed for the study went so far as to recommend banning self-represented litigants from the courtroom. He compared the practice to allowing hospital patients into an operating room to perform surgery on themselves.

2 comments:

Daddyof3 said...

http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/index.php?section=article&volume=32&number=4&article=3

Catharine Sloper said...

Yeah, they would love to get rid of self represented parties so they could shut us all up. We actually ask them to obey the law