Family Court’s self-represented litigants left on their own without choice By Naomi Neilson|14 December 2020 New research has identified a gap between the domestic violence victims who are not wealthy enough to hire a lawyer but earn too much to be eligible for legal aid, which has left them vulnerable to significant disadvantages in the justice system. A research project by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), “ No Straight Lines”, has demonstrated that people who represent themselves in Family Court matters often do so out of necessity, not choice. Despite a number of services ...