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Family court- help!!

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purplemilo · 08/11/2024 07:40

What do you do if the barrister of the other party (I’m litigant in person), writes a draft order after the FHFRA, then send it to court and inform me afterwards that they’ve done it. But the order doesn’t reflect at all what was discussed, agreed and ordered in court.
The court then sealed that order well over a month later.
The barrister did the same on a previous occasion which absolutely steered the direction of the final hearing exactly the way the wanted.
But this time they went even further. They’ve sent the draft order to the court 20 minutes BEFORE the hearing started. Mind boggling.
And then very slightly amended it and sent a slightly revised version to court whilst I was driving back home!!!
I am so upset and so unwell because of this. It breaks my heart in a million pieces. The court order is a one sided document that somehow got sealed. And in fact, I was wasting my time writing a brilliant position statement and spoke ok, because they had already decided BEFORE the hearing what they want to have in the order.
I’m losing the will.

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purplemilo · 08/11/2024 07:41

I feel helpless!

what else can I do? Can I put in an urgent C100 (new)?

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purplemilo · 08/11/2024 07:42

I also reported the barrister to the Bar of Standards (same as 2 years ago)
Please help. I feel like there is no point in me going to the next hearing, gather all the evidence and write a damm good witness statement. Because all of that will be a waste of time. The barrister will write an order before the hearing even started.
The thing is, the court are so overwhelmed with cases and backlog so big. I feel like the barrister knows this and uses this to write pretty much whatever they want, because they know the court won’t go back and have the time to check it carefully. They certainly won’t have the time to read through the 30 page transcript.

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purplemilo · 08/11/2024 07:42

I also reported the barrister to the Bar of Standards (same as 2 years ago)
Please help. I feel like there is no point in me going to the next hearing, gather all the evidence and write a damm good witness statement. Because all of that will be a waste of time. The barrister will write an order before the hearing even started.
The thing is, the court are so overwhelmed with cases and backlog so big. I feel like the barrister knows this and uses this to write pretty much whatever they want, because they know the court won’t go back and have the time to check it carefully. They certainly won’t have the time to read through the 30 page transcript.

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Collaborate · 08/11/2024 08:58

The important thing is what the hearing transcript says. In what way does it differ from the sealed order? It looks like the judge may have agreed to make the order per their draft subject to stated amendments. If it's not that but something else your first port of call should have been to write to the judge and challenge the order as being inaccurate.

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