Is a self-represented appellant required to articulate the grounds of appeal?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wagner v Andrea, 2018 NSCA 64 (CanLII):
Self-represented appellants are given considerable assistance and leeway. An appeal should not be set aside due to clumsy or inarticulate grounds of appeal if an amendment can cure the deficiency (MacDonald v. AGNS). But self-represented litigants are not exempt from the requirement to articulate grounds of appeal that could support an appeal.
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