A considerable amount of research has now been undertaken in response to the emerging phenomenon of self-represented litigants in the Family Court. Some of this research has been concerned with the impact of legal aid cuts. Other studies have documented how the presence of self-represented litigants impacts on participants in Family Court processes. A third...

In recent years Australia has seen the emergence of residential tenancy databases (such as TICA) that increase the ever-present power imbalances between tenants and lessors (and their agents) and often cause severe hardships for listed tenants. However, in the current political climate it is unlikely that tenancy databases will be statutorily prohibited. Accordingly, this paper...