A sharp, LiP-ready manual on LPP—how to keep advice and litigation strategy privileged, avoid waiver, and handle regulators/FOI, updated to 2 Nov 2025.
Written by John Barwell
Written by John Barwell
Written by John Barwell
A new era of self-representation is emerging as litigants in person use strategy, structure, and AI tools to navigate a justice system once reserved for lawyers.
Written by John Barwell
A practical guide showing how landmark English cases help Litigants in Person build stronger negligence and contract claims.
Written by John Barwell
A practical guide for Litigants in Person on resisting strike-out, deposit order, and costs applications in UK employment tribunals.
Written by John Barwell
Even after sweeping reforms, Employment Tribunals remain an uphill battle for self-represented claimants—especially ex-police officers suddenly cut adrift by the Federation.
Written by John Barwell
CE-File rejections turned a routine N244 into a £125k catastrophe, spotlighting how civil-court processes punish litigants in person.
Written by John Barwell
A decade of procedural tweaks has not stopped judges’ lists and legal tactics from tilting the scales against litigants in person.
Written by John Barwell
Judicial accountability · whistleblowing · Freemasonry transparency A new legal challenge over alleged judicial bullying has revived an old question: whether opaque networks, institutional loyalty and unfinished reforms leave whistleblowers facing more than their formal opponents. No grand conspiracy is proved, but the absence of disclosure leaves public trust exposed. Jurisdiction: United Kingdom Focus: JCIO, … Continue reading “Unmasking an ‘Old Boys’ Club’: Freemasonry, Whistleblowers and the UK Justice System”
Written by John Barwell
Employment tribunals were meant to be accessible for all, but unrepresented claimants—known as Litigants in Person—face a justice system that’s structurally rigged.
Written by John Barwell
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) is the UK’s only judicial body empowered to oversee complaints against state surveillance and covert activities by intelligence agencies, police forces, and local authorities.