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<p>Litigants in person have always been a feature of the justice system. Data on disposals
in the financial year prior to April 2013 indicate that in 64% of privatefamilylaw
cases there was at least one party without recorded legal representation.</p><p> </p><p>We
are closely monitoring the performance of the family justice system. The number of
family cases where one or more parties present themselves is published in Courts Statistics
Quarterly (www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly).</p><p> </p><p>Judges
are trained to help people with no legal representation and are accustomed to doing
so, including by explaining procedures and what is expected of the parties. We have
taken steps to help people who either want to represent themselves in court or have
to do so, which include publishing a revised guide for separating parents and more
training for judges. The link to the guide is:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/GetLeaflet.do?court_leaflets_id=2756"
target="_blank">http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/GetLeaflet.do?court_leaflets_id=2756</a></p><p>
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