Susan Joseph still needs legal representation

 A female and former employee of the Ok Tedi Mining Limited taken to court for alleged defamatory social media posts against her former employer is still to seek legal support from the public solicitors office.

Susan Joseph told the court today she followed up with the public solicitors office last Friday and was informed her request for a lawyer was still in the process.

Justice Derek Woods has advised her to go back to the public solicitors and inform them that the matter was mentioned in court today.

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Justice Woods said it can take sometime to engage a lawyer unfortunately.

The Ok Tedi Mining Limited had taken Susan Joseph to court seeking injunctive orders against making defamatory remarks relating to her separation of employment with the company.

Ms Joseph has alleged her separation of employment was a result of her complaints about sexual harassment.

The matter was referred to mediation for both parties but a solution was not reached and they would participate in a second round of mediation.

Ms Joseph has not filed any defence yet and Justice Woods has cautioned her time has expired for her to file a defence and Ok Tedi can take further action.

Her main challenge in filing a defence is not having access to legal representation.