Response to Litigation - "The Level Playing Field"

The litigation handbook says the following about someone who is defending themselves without a solicitor (presumably it may still apply if one has hired a solicitor who is less experienced than the claimants big gun?).

"Most judges will go out of their way at a trial to help a litigant in person. They will usually ask questions of any witness that the feel the ligitant in person should have asked. If there are points of law which might help that party's case, they may look them up or require the lawyer representing the other side to do so even if it is against his own client's interests. Many Lawyers therefore feel that the ligitant in person actually has an advantage because of the assistance received from the judge."

page 12 'The Litigation Handbook' Second Edition (2001) Anthony Reeves and Alan Matthews.

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