Elizabeth McGrath KC

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what my advice to advocates who find themselves in that situation is

Be prepared.

The judge will have limited time, probably, to do what

practice direction says he or she's got to do, which is to investigate the issues and make decisions on the issues which are not agreed.

And exercise a discretion, if possible, as to what order to make.

In other words, this is set up to be

A final herring.

So the role of the advocate

I think in written submissions, which you invite the judge to read with care,

is to set out your stall.

So if it's a high risk, serious case

Pointing out, if necessary, the

The inadequacy of the safeguarding information

or the inadequacy of the analysis in the child impact report.

You should be directing the judge as to what weight he or she should give to each of the criteria.

in the welfare checklist.

It is my experience and the experience of colleagues that a well crafted document may

That's designed to assist the judge.

to identify with ease the issues and your client's position on each of them.

can make a real difference to outcome.

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