Sentences with phrase «vulnerable witnesses including»

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When I witness someone suffering, including myself, I realize that we are either too afraid to share our pain, we allow ourselves to be honest and vulnerable and we are then judged, misunderstood or dismissed, or we really don't have anyone we feel connected to and trust in such a way to provide the necessary space we need for the disclosure.

A particularly vulnerable issue in a private prosecution will be whether the prosecutor includes on the unused material schedule, and discloses, all draft versions of the principal complainant's witness statement.

Gloster LJ's comments bear similarity with draft amendment rule 3A.7 (1) with its «measures» to enable evidence to be taken from children and vulnerable witnesses, including to:

`... the evolutionary process has included developments in relation to children giving evidence in family proceedings (Re W (Children)(Family Proceedings: Evidence)[2010] UKSC 12, [2010] 1 FLR 1485), guidelines to encourage judges to enable children to feel more involved and connected with proceedings in which important decisions are made in their lives (Guidelines for Judges Meeting Children who are Subject to Family Proceedings [2010] 2 FLR 1872), the involvement of the Children and Vulnerable Witnesses Working Group (culminating in a final report dated February 2015, see [2015] Family Law 443), and recognition that the child's state of mind may have a part to play in establishing habitual residence (Re LC (Children)[2014] UKSC 1).»