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In 2014, a massage therapist called Sylvie Berki accused Russell Brand of assaulting her. The High Court issued a secret injunction that silenced her for the rest of her life. (taxpolicy.org.uk)
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[–] 4 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

Which puts meat on the adage that a person who represents themself has a fool for a client.

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  • [–] 5 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

    That adage assumes you are rich. A poor person who represents themselves is just poor and a victim of the system.

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  • [–] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 child)

    Somewhat, but it also seems Mr Justice Jay is just an asshole to litigants in person - in direct contradiction to the rules he was supposed to follow.

    Mr Justice Jay does not have a good record of dealing with litigants-in-person. Two years later, in a different case, he behaved so poorly that the Court of Appeal and then the Supreme Court found that he’d bullied a litigant-in-person. The Supreme Court found that he had aimed a “barrage of hostility” at the litigant-in-person, and “harassed and intimidated him in ways which surely would never have occurred if the claimant had been represented”.

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