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View from the Foot of the Tower: Witness Template – Truth Serum style
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Caveat –
of course 99% of advocates don’t think like this and there is no such thing as a deckchair brief.
Witness | Local Authority | Mother | Father | Grandmother | Guardian |
Social Worker | 30 minutes [safe pair of hands] | 4 hours [my client wants to see her cry] | 30 minutes [maybe I can get her to agree some contact when she’s weak after mum’s cross-exam] | ... |
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