Lawyer offers legal advice in book

A lawyer has been prompted to write a book containing legal advice for people using the courts in response to government cuts to legal aid.

Lucy Reed, a family law barrister, has penned Family Courts Without A Lawyer for people who may have to represent themselves in court, although Ms Reed stressed that legal solicitors are still important.

She said: "My book is not a substitute for legal advice or representation, and it can't completely redress the balance, but it may help litigants in person gain an understanding of how the system and the law works."

In the book, legal advice, such as how to present and prepare for a case, is dispensed.

Readers will also learn what they will encounter when in court, how they can handle evidence and tactics that lawyers representing the opposition might use.

In addition, family law was recently commented on by Norman Tebbit of Chingford, a member of the Conservative party.

He told the Guardian that injunctions brought to protect family life should not be applied to activities that occur outside of the family home.