Long story short, my ex wanted to pull our daughter out of school for the 20/21 academic year. I had a few days to get an emergency application in for a prohibitive steps order, which thankfully stopped my ex in her tracks. Our daughter doesn't want to be taken out of school and I provided the court with evidence to show that in the form of a direct quote from our daughter and a screenshot her mum's message to me telling me how happy our daughter was to be back at school in September (the made an interim order for her to remain in school until a final decision is made), which completely contradicted her argument. Her mum, however, only thinks about herself and didn't listen to our daughter (or me). She then missed a hearing, I suspect because she didn't feel she was going to 'win' the case. Now, out of nowhere she has said that our daughter wants to stay in school, and is asking me to cancel the court proceedings. She knows that our daughter always wanted to stay in school, and I have been fighting our daughter's corner since the start of this. Knowing my ex, she is trying to save face a bit and protect her ego (she's a narc to the highest degree), and thinks if she gets the proceedings cancelled, this won't reflect as badly on her as it would if she shows up to the rescheduled resolution hearing in the new year and 'lost' (as that's how she sees it), as that's looking likely - her solicitor no longer seems to be on the case either. It has nothing to do what our daughter wants, she has ignored that until now. It's just about her saving face.
I am thinking it wouldn't be wise to cancel, but to go ahead with the resolution hearing, as even if she is now in supposed agreement with me, it would be best to have it written out in an order by the court so my ex can't try any funny business down the line. Any thoughts on this? Is there something I should be doing/not doing right now?
Also, these proceedings have now, of course, turned out be a huge waste of time, energy and money for everyone involved - myself, the court, and even my ex herself - which could have been avoided. Is there any chance I can get some compensation for this? A refund? My ex ordered to pay my fee?
On top of that, if anyone has any thoughts or things I should tell the court/not tell the court come the resolution hearing, that would be helpful. I feel they should know about all of this.