Anyone who spends even a short time in family court will hear motions for conduct-based attorney fees. But what about the self-represented litigant who spends a lot of their time defending (or pursuing) relief from an obstreperous litigant in family court?

I came across a blog posting that begins:

The furor on Twitter which has accompanied the publication of Justice Price’s decision this week in Bergen v Sharpe reflects the deep anxiety among some members of the Bar about the spectre of SRLs who are compensated for representing themselves.

For these lawyers, Bergen is their worst nightmare come true. Is it possible to imagine any fate worse than facing a self-represented litigant in a family case?

The link to the blog is here.

You can find the actual case here (Bergen v. Sharpe, decision date:  2013-11-21).