Recording | Best Practice – Litigants in Person and Lay Representatives
€40.00
An Irish perspective on the U.K. Judicial College Equal Treatment Bench Book
One hour of client care and professional standards CPD. Excess hours in this category may be used as professional development and solicitor wellbeing CPD.
Watch this recorded webinar at your convenience.
Introduction
The U.K. Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB) is a key reference used by the judiciary of England and Wales and tribunal members across the U.K. Its chapter on litigants in person and lay representatives provides a useful starting point for considering fair participation and effective communication in legal proceedings.
In this one-hour recorded webinar, Thomas Coughlan explores what legal practitioners in Ireland can learn from the ETBB, alongside Irish professional standards, the Solicitor’s Guide to Professional Conduct and relevant case law. It also refers to the Northern Ireland Charter for Effective Participation and Communication between Solicitors and Litigants in Person, covered in an earlier IICPD webinar.
Learning Outcomes
By watching this recording, you will:
- Review the ETBB chapter on litigants in person and lay representatives.
- Review professional standards of conduct in Ireland and the Solicitor’s Guide to Professional Conduct (4th Edition) in relation to lay litigants.
- Consider the Northern Ireland Charter for Effective Participation and Communication between Solicitors and Litigants in Person.
- Analyse fair treatment in legal proceedings and the growth in self-represented litigants.
- Consider the difficulties encountered by legal practitioners and the impact on hearings of litigants in person, lay representatives and McKenzie Friends.
- Explore approaches to dealing with vulnerable litigants.
- Consider recent cases on maintaining judicial control over disruptions and key lessons from cases involving litigants in person.
