POLI 343 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Actas, Frivolous Litigation, Summary Offence
16 Dec 2015
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The reason there are these 1-shotters are due to the barriers of going to court. *unrepresented litigants never do well because they do not have any legal knowledge. In a criminal case the crown prosecutor is supposed to assist an unrepresented litigant so they don"t make a fatal legal error. Activate the court system for the client. Act as intermediary between their client (the litigant) and the legal system including the courts. Transformer: transform ordinary disputes into legal ones. Gatekeepers - informs individuals on whether or not there has a been a violation of law (tort, contract, bylaw, criminal law, insufficient evidence) Once proceedings are under way they use their technical knowledge to pursue a dispute through the courts. 4 kinds of lawyers: as litigators - a litigant is a client seeking legal aid/barristers: representatives of the public interest: pursue a cause rather than a case. Responsibilities responsible for upholding the administration of justice,
