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. 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.
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