Ex missed family court statement deadline, what should I do now?

[Esmeraldathe3rd]

In family court against ex. As per social services recommendations due to safeguarding concerns. Serious concerns and "accusations". Deadline for the final statement and evidence was 4 pm today. To each other and the court. I sent mine. I have not received his.

This allows him time to read my statement and change his own to best counter it doesn't it?

What do I do? I'm self representing. So it's just me, no solicitors, what do I say to the court and when? And how? Email them? Call them?

There's plenty of time till the hearing so it won't affect when the hearing is and you could argue I have 3 weeks to prepare so one day (potentially) makes no difference. But it means the statements that the judge is primarily going off aren't fairly presented because he's seen mine before submitting his own.

i had this happen twice. i hadn’t realised the first time as we shared statements via the children’s guardians solicitor as ex is blocked from emailing me direct.
when i clicked what he was up to i emailed the court asking for it to be shared with the Judge that ex had seen my statement prior to their own late submission twice. i also raised it in court so the judge ordered continued submission via the guardians solicitor but for them not to release to the other until both received. he also bollocked the ex for abuse of process and said any late submissions would be dismissed and not allowed.
it’s a dicks trick and shows they are on the back foot.
stay calm, factual and focussed on the children as hard as it might be.

Solicitor here. We only file with the court - send to the other party when they are ready to exchange. Avoids this sort of thing happening.

In hindsight I should have filed with the court then waited to receive theirs from the solicitor before sending them mine. I just sent the same email to them both.
Was it right to file the C2? I've asked the solicitor if they've requested an extension and if they have a reason for the delay. My understanding is that they should have told me there would be a delay, explain why and request an extension with me. And that they now need to explain to the court why there was a delay and request relief from sanctions.

They haven't done any of this. They've just not submitted it.

My ex did this to me! Judge didn’t give a fuck. Ex literally turned up to court with a statement I’d never seen a couple times. I think it’s a fairly common tactic advised on those male rights forums

I can categorically state it is not just male litigants in person who do this. Had a femal LIP do this to my client last week.