This transcript of a hearing by HHJ Hughes on 27 January 2012 spells it out clearly:

  1. Litigants in Person (LiPs) are 'undesirables' in courts.
  2. They are expected to have a lawyer talk on their behalf, especially if it's about cross-examining witnesses.
  3. If they don't find a lawyer of their own choosing, the court finds one.
  4. That lawyer is then 'accountable' to the court, not the litigant.

Any LiP who is expecting courts to comply with The Rule of Law is dreaming, not to say that he lives in cuckooland...

Maurice will suffer justice next this Thursday, 1st March, in Cardiff Crown Court. 

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Published Feb 26 2012, 01:23 PM by SabineKMcNeill