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Hi All,
I have been successful in terms of getting the judge to listen to me and have had very positive outcomes. However, on the previous occasions i was left pretty much on standby whilst the judge 90% of the time spoke to the mothers barrister. Unfortunately the barrister is not the most ethical of professionals and unfortunately himself makes things up - of course i interject at those points and embarrass him pointing the judge in the truthful direction which she appreciated.
My question is this, if I am going to represent myself for all my cases - then how do I go about making the judge listen to me on a 50 - 50% so both sides are given a good crack in front of the judge in respect to opening submissions and the case details?
I do not want to feel deflated again as I am a very confident person who puts his arguments across very well when given the opportunity. I am concerned that the judge will keep on giving the mother's barrister the spot light to keep plugging away at factual inferences which are not entirely relevant but given the opportunity the mothers barrister always try's and puts forward evidence when asked basic questions such as "what about a contact center?" the barrister responds saying "he is has mental health issues" which is untrue.
From the sound of it, you are actually doing a pretty good job of getting the facts across. I can't advise on how you can get equal time, but you can politely respond to incorrect information given by the barrister by contradicting unless the barrister has evidence otherwise for a particular statement
Yes I am doing a good job, in fact I have given up work to fight this pretty much full time and concentrate on doing the best job I can do.
Just for anyone's reference I am going to be getting transcripts of what was said on previous occasions by filling out a EX107 form. The cost is around £200 + VAT for a hearing and around £15 + VAT for a judgement - I am hoping they will come in handy as their barrister keeps making up things which others judge previously and or things which he has said which were misleading to the court, I am using POSIB as the transcribers
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