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New rules for lawyers representing self-represented defendants

Capital Letter: Penny Pepperell explains how self-represented defendants will be helped in future.

Wed, 24 Jan 2018

The number of self-represented defendants is on the increase as is the number of lawyers appointed by trial courts to assist (amicus curiae).

This is despite the Court of Appeal’s insistence in earlier decisions that appointments to assist the defendant ought to be rare for reasons of possible

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