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Sorry, but what utter nonsense.

I am routinely against a McKenzie friend who is a struck off non-legal professional. He is, to be completely frank, utterly useless and a complete nuisance - he loses, appeals, loses appeals and tries to re-litigate, Everyone rolls their eyes at him appearing including the court staff, judges and ushers.

Yesterday another so called "McKenzie friend (an accountant) tried to represent his 'client' at an oral examination by suggesting "I am advising my client to say 'no comment'..... he also continued to talk across me, referring to me as 'sunshine' and the court official as 'love'.

No - McKenzie friends are not useful, they are useless. Allow an unqualified non-legal into the room, and everyone gets irritated.

I cannot imagine the horror of someone being represented by someone who doesn't know the ropes in a divorce. The difficulty with well meaning reports like these is that the people contributing to them most likely don't have to be against this type of litigant in court.

Legitimizing McKenzie friends is yet another swipe at a centuries old profession, and, in my opinion not merely a worrying idea, but a reckless one.

Why is it that the legal market believes there should be a race to the bottom?

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