December 10, 2025 – Self Representing Litigants on Civil Applications and Motions
To reflect the obligation of a judge to ensure that a self-represented litigant has the opportunity to meaningfully participate in the hearing and has a reasonable opportunity to present his or her case to the best of his or her ability, where a motion or application involving a self-represented litigant is to be contested before a judge, prior to the hearing of the contested motion or application, a judge may require the parties to appear at one case management conference with a judge for the purpose of the judge ensuring that the contested matter is ready to proceed, to explain the process and to otherwise advise the self-represented litigant what may be expected. Such a conference may be held by the judge at the time of the appearance on the Civil Uncontested List or may be scheduled before a judge for up to a one-hour period at 9:00 a.m. on a different day.
December 10, 2025 – Anonymizing Pleadings and the Contents of Publicy Available Court Records
This practice direction addresses the process by which a plaintiff may, subject to the Court’s discretion, seek to have the originating pleadings and related court records anonymized (i.e., for a plaintiff to be identified using the pseudonym “Unnamed Person” rather than their full legal name).
The Court may, at its discretion, make an anonymity order to permit a plaintiff to bring proceedings anonymously in exceptional circumstances where the public interest in open courts is displaced by another important public interest.
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