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• Is self representation the legal equivalent of a DIY appendectomy?
  Posted on December 5, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Would you rather represent yourself in court or perform your own appendectomy? It sounds like a fairly straightforward question and at first thought, and quite possibly second and third thoughts as well, most of us would plump for representing ourselves in court: there is, arguably, less blood, less pain and less chance of death.
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  Tagged: litigants in person, self surgery, legal aid cuts, judges, courts, US courts