'With a little help from a friend': self-represented litigants, payment and legal profession regulation

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Jones, Nicky. 2013. "'With a little help from a friend': self-represented litigants, payment and legal profession regulation." Queensland Lawyer. 33 (1), pp. 52-66.

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Article Title	'With a little help from a friend': self-represented litigants, payment and legal profession regulation
ERA Journal ID	36803
Article Category	Article
Author	Jones, Nicky
Journal Title	Queensland Lawyer
Journal Citation	33 (1), pp. 52-66
Number of Pages	15
Year	2013
Place of Publication	Sydney, Australia
ISSN	0312-1658
Abstract	This article reviews legal professional practice legislation, case law and policy regarding the tasks and activities which constitute legal work and who is entitled to carry out such work. Its context is Wilson v Raddatz [2006] QCA 392, an application heard by the Queensland Court of Appeal during which it emerged that the self-represented applicant had paid a friend who was not a legal practitioner to prepare written submissions for court. The article examines legislation, case law and policy to assess whether the friend breached relevant law or policy by preparing the court submissions and thereby engaged in legal work or legal practice when not a lawyer, and by receiving payment for his assistance. The article also considers whether legal practice law disadvantages self-represented litigants by preventing them from reimbursing a friend for any outlay of time, effort and assistance.
Keywords	self-representation; legal profession
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	480505. Legal practice, lawyering and the legal profession
	480504. Legal institutions (incl. courts and justice systems)
	480501. Access to justice
Public Notes	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.
Byline Affiliations	School of Law
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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