Somewhat, but it also seems Mr Justice Jay is just an asshole to litigants in person - in direct contradiction to the rules he was supposed to follow.
Mr Justice Jay does not have a good record of dealing with litigants-in-person. Two years later, in a different case, he behaved so poorly that the Court of Appeal and then the Supreme Court found that he’d bullied a litigant-in-person. The Supreme Court found that he had aimed a “barrage of hostility” at the litigant-in-person, and “harassed and intimidated him in ways which surely would never have occurred if the claimant had been represented”.
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That adage assumes you are rich. A poor person who represents themselves is just poor and a victim of the system.
The_v@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s a feature of the system. It’s designed to give unfair advantage for the wealthy and punish the poor.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Increasingly so. Even the court-appointed solicitors are hugely overworked and underpaid, and often lose money on cases.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 days ago
That’s why you have to make sure to only rape poor women. Good rule of life there.
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 days ago
How very presidential of you. Now all you need is a couple Billion dollars that your father left to you (most of which you will piss away).