A. Certainly, and if a litigant please, he or she (for sex makes no difference) can become his or her own advocate.
Q. When a litigant prefers to conduct a case in person, does the proceeding invariably save expense?
A. Not invariably, because a litigant may have odd views about the importance of evidence and the time of professional advisers.
Q. When a litigant is afflicted with this lack of knowledge what is the customary result?
A. That the defendants have to undergo the expense of a several-days' trial with counsel to match.
Q. Supposing that a journalist, sharply but justly, criticises the actions of a man of straw—what can the man of straw do?
A. With the aid of some speculative Solicitor, he can commence an action for libel.
Q. What benefit does the speculative Solicitor obtain?
A. The speculative Solicitor, if he can persuade a judge and jury to agree, will get his costs, and if the journalist wins he will find that the prosecutor or plaintiff is, indeed, a man of straw.
Q. Is there any redress?