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"It was ‘important to remind lawyers at times that the justice system is not there for them (although they unquestionably play an important part) but for the public’, he added." Unfortunately this remark applies as much to judges and magistrates as it does to lawyers. I recently read a letter of response to a complaint about the way a magistrate dealt with a self represented party in which the complainant was told that it is not the function of magistrates or their legal advisers to explain things to litigants in person.