Elizabeth McGrath KC

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180 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 27 Jul

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I completely agree about ideally council being involved in high risk cases at the moment that the application is drafted and the C one A

Because very often that will be all the information available to the person preparing the child impact report, which is the crucial document.

upon which judges rely to make decisions speedily if they possibly can.

I think the challenge for advocates, particularly in high risk cases, is not being involved in the process at all.

until a number of very significant steps have been taken that are likely to feed into outcome.

The parties will have spoken with Kafkas.

for the report, often without any guidance.

The judge will have taken a view on the papers at gatekeeping too, and as Angela's just said,

That view will be reflected in the directions that are made.

And in the small print they'll be told they can apply to vary those directions in seven days.

If a decision hearing is timetabled, it'll be the first time the parties appear with representation.

And that's got a massive impact on those vulnerable litigants.

who are involved in serious cases.

And colleagues will tell you

You say, Anisia, that uh I know in London you won't have had this experience.

But the first time you appear as an advocate at a decision hearing

when the judge is determined to make an order at sometimes regardless of how serious the

background might be, you have the sensation of the ground being pulled from under your feet.

And so

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