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View from the Foot of the Tower: Witness Template – Truth Serum style

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Date:23 JUL 2014
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Andrew Pack
Care Lawyer
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] 		1 hour
[I am a baby barrister and the final hearing will be given to someone more senior. I don’t want to...

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