The Court dismissed a general protections proceeding under r. 5.10 of the 2025 Rules after the self-represented applicant filed three successive statements of claim, none of which complied with pleading rules by giving the respondent fair notice of the case to be met. The Court held that it inhered in an order to file an amended statement of claim that the document must conform with the rules of pleading, and that filing a non-compliant pleading constituted default under r. 5.08(b). Applying Lenijamar, the history of non-compliance and continuing non-compliance warranted dismissal notwithstanding the applicant's self-represented status, with the Court emphasising that the deficiencies were of substance rather than form.
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