Barrister lied in court

I think representing yourself was your main mistake. You left it wide open, were seemingly uninformed of the state of play without your files and are now surprised that a barrister chewed you up and spit you out.

Being unrepresented has also resulted in you not having your info in time and being possibly too late to do anything further.

You can ask to mention it in that courtroom at any time. The judge can allow it or say no.

What lie, exactly, was told by the barrister? Be specific.

Interesting how evidence relayed by your representitive can be accepted by the court but if a witness were to pass on something they had been told it would usually be regarded as hearsay (right?). Are the barrister and their client treated the same when it comes to giving evidence?

To maintain that the barrister lied you need to show that the barrister knew it was false.

If the barrister knowingly lied, and you have proof of this then you can seek to have the barrister disbarred at the very least, if the lie played a pivotal role in the deciding of the case you can seek to re-litigate the case or bring forward a challenge to the legitimacy of it citing the evidence and also the outcome of your action against the barrister.

The burden of proof will be on you, if you don't have concrete evidence you are wasting your time. People may have a dim view of the legal profession obviously but it is far better to have someone representing you who knows what they are doing, if your not happy with your representation dismiss them and find new representation. In any matter where you are required to have a barrister it is generally unwise to represent yourself, obviously you know that now.

If a barrister misleads a court deliberately is misconduct. If they do it unintentionally they are obliged to rectify it as soon as they discover the true position otherwise it is misconduct.

Their duty is to assist the court in arriving at the truth. They are not the mouthpiece of their client.

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

but you knew it wasn't true. Why didn't you speak up?

I am aware of that. But you do get an opportunity to speak. I imagine that would be a good time to mention that the other sides barrister has given incorrect information to the court.

you will always get a chance to challenge statements made by the other. It is not "one side goes, then the other says their bit and that is the end of it". There is back and forth.

nobody is prevented from doing that. I've been involved in a civil trial, if something as blatantly untrue as that was mentioned I would have been able to get my solicitors attention and inform them. Also, the OP was representing themselves. there was nothing stopping them from speaking up. Pro Se litigants get a lot of leeway from judges.

wait, now you are saying that you can be prevented from talking to your legal team between sittings? Fishonabike? more like christ on a bike.

please explain how. I would love to hear this. Even a prisoner on remand can access their legal team.

That situation does not apply here as OP was not called as a witness so it's unrelated

If the OP was present in court when that was mentioned all he had to do was flag his solicitor and let them know, it happens all the time, judges allow it all the time. If they didn't then there would be appeal after appeal. I've had courts rise to allow for talks between clients and solicitors when points arise in court that were not previously discussed.

OP I would say now might be a good time to speak to a family law solicitor. See if they can make an application to extend time for appeal (I know nothing of family law so not sure if this is possible) you can also make an application for the DAR - the digital recording of the hearing where the barrister tells the lie to the judge. You could use this to ground your application for appeal.

Going after a barrister is extremely difficult as they take instructions from solicitors who take instructions from clients. It sounds more like he was given wrong information from solicitor than he lied as the lie would have been easily disputed by you.

You are correct, I think the person had just completed being examined by their own legal representatives at the end of a long day.

However either their legal representatives failed to ask / insist on adjourning at that point and the other side's legal representatives asked / insisted on commencing cross-examination and was allowed by the court only to then immediately request and be granted an adjournment until the next sitting several weeks later thereby leaving the person unable to consult with or instruct their legal team for a number of weeks in what was a still evolving matter.

Whether it is a poor reflection on the person's legal representatives that the person was put at such a disadvantage or it is common for such tactical manouevering to take place I don't know.

This is simply not true. I was in the same position some time ago and was never given the opportunity to refute any of the lies told by the other sides barrister. There is no doubt in my mind that the barrister deliberately misled the court with lies and theatrics. I will be making a complaint to the LSRA as soon as the case is over. If I get the chance, I'll raise the matter in my final hearing also.