For those of you with experience of litigants in person, the comments of Ontarian Judge Fergus O'Donnell may resonate.

If you agree that arguments based upon "internet-derived gibberish" are on the rise, you may enjoy his other comments, for example: "It has been said that, given enough time, ten thousand monkeys with typewriters would probably eventually replicate the collected works of William Shakespeare. Sadly, when human beings are let loose with computers and internet access, their work product does not necessarily compare favourably to the aforementioned monkeys with typewriters." For the full version, please click here.

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