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0 pointsnraynaud2y ago0 comments

Like the right to talk outside the penalty of perjury for their defence of course. Since small claims don't have to use actual lawyers, they are not subject to all the enforcement that lawyers are subject to, so I guess the system is not as rigorous. I suppose the discovery is mostly an artesanal process while in a real court it is a highly reagulated thing where the lawyer's ability to work in the future is on the line.

For example you don't really have a special agent interrogating the defence in a small claim court, so that's one way for perjury not to be a factor.

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dataflow2y ago

> Like the right to talk outside the penalty of perjury for their defence of course. Since small claims don't have to use actual lawyers, they are not subject to all the enforcement that lawyers are subject to

Are you just guessing? Or do you know these for a fact? It's not hard to find sources contradicting you. See [1] "Lying in any court is called perjury. It is a criminal offence."

Also, the lack of enforcement at present does not confer or imply any right, nor does it imply lack of enforcement in the future. You're conflating a ton of things which makes it hard to respond: defendant vs. others, small-claims vs. others, lack of enforcement vs. rights, etc.

> so I guess the system is not as rigorous.

I mean that would be my guess too, but we're just guessing here.

[1] https://www.smallclaimsportal.com/help/141-what-happens-if-i...

nraynaudOP2y ago

so, you had the ability to google for yourself all along?

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