Lord Dyson, the Master of the Rolls, has told members of parliament that unrepresented litigants can often 'dry up' in court because they are overwhelmed by the court procedures. More people are representing themselves in civil cases because of cuts in Legal Aid funding.

Inevitable

He said: 'I’m sure there will be cases where a party who was unrepresented has lost a case because he or she doesn’t have representation. It’s impossible to prove, but it would be extraordinary if there had not been some cases which were decided adversely that would have been decided the other way had the litigant been represented by a competent lawyer. It’s inevitable.' Source: The Guardian