Proper preparation and presentation of a case before a superior court is not an easy task, even for a very experienced legal practitioner.  Not surprisingly then, a self-represented litigant or non-practitioner representative is likely to struggle when conducting such proceedings…

Authority now favours a less strict view of the scope of the Graywinter principle.  A recent example of this can be seen in Pravenkav Group Pty Ltd v Diploma Construction (WA) Pty Ltd [No 3] where a company challenged a…

A trial judge has a duty to provide some advice and assistance to a self-represented litigant so as to ensure that the proceedings are conducted fairly but there are limits to the assistance which can properly be given. An example…

The New South Wales Court of Appeal has held, in Kisimul Holdings Pty Ltd v Clear Position Pty Ltd, that the absence of the ‘no genuine dispute’ statement from the affidavit accompanying a creditor’s statutory demand is, of itself, “some…

In Hudson Investment Group Limited v Atanaskovic, the New South Wales Court of Appeal found that a client who alleged that its former solicitors had breached their duty of care to the client because they had drafted provisions in a…