Cross at court; 9.25% interesting; One-way judgment attack; 18 plus and sch 1; Who pays for the ATE?; Divorce update
YOUR COURT NEEDS YOU!!
The cross-examination loving ss 65/6 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (DAA 2021) did not achieve commencement last month as we had foolishly predicted would happen, although we remain under starter’s orders. If they are not in by the end of this month then, once more, I am a banana. What has emerged is that for advocates recently returned from a Red Square branch office and with nothing else to do, work as court appointed qualified legal representatives (QLRs) looks set to emerge from court building ears.
In family proceedings, where a party has been cautioned for, charged with or convicted of a specified offence (under the laws of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and there are 14 pages of them in SI 2022/568), they cannot cross-examine the victim in person or vice versa. Ditto in civil proceedings except where there has been
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