IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Room C2.5, Convention Centre, Level 2
Session information
Unrepresented litigants: the cost to clients and country
Thursday 12 October (0930 - 1230)
Room C2.5, Convention Centre, Level 2
Committee(s)
Judges' Forum
(Lead)
Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee
Family Law Committee
Litigation Committee
Description
The burden of self-representation extends well beyond the stress to the litigant going it alone. This type of litigation tests the capacity of the courts to cope and creates expensive, unnecessarily lengthy hearings for the represented opponent. How this phenomenon can be addressed and curbed will be explored.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Hon Martin Daubney AM KC | Martin Daubney AM KC, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Chair, Judges' Forum |
Speakers
| Clément Dupoirier | Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Paris, France; Newsletter Editor, Litigation Committee |
| Mbulelo Stanford Jolwana | The Cape Law Society, Cape Town, South Africa; President / Chairperson, Member Organisations |
| Elisabeth Loukas | Law Office of Elisabeth H Loukas, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA; Secretary, Family Law Committee |
| Hon Justice Debra Mullins AO | Supreme Court of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Peter Quinlan SC | Government of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Mark Woods | Law Council of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Co-Chair, Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee |