self-repper

plural self-reppers · alternative self repper

1. Something that self-replicates.

plural self-reppers · alternative self repper

1. colloquiallawA person who represents themselves in a court of law.

   This is the world of the self-repper, where legal rules and decisions are often inscrutable and defy the logic of everyday reason and morality.

   2017, Sarah Moore, Alex Newbury, “Legal Aid in Crisis”, in Legal Aid in Crisis: Assessing the impact of reform, page 8

   1 more example

   When I was in practice against someone who was self repping I always put a bit extra in the accompanying statement explaining the split and would sometimes ask the self repper to sign a letter to the court confirming that they had had legal advice in the background but weren't represented - only when that was true of course but lots of people did just get ad hoc advice from a lawyer without them going on record as acting.

   2014 June 26, mumblechum1, Mumsnet