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15 Jan 14 #419149 by xxx1

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Was at court yesterday. One of the things the judge said was about ''bringing the case to bench'' CAFCASS said no. What did the Judge mean?

xxx1
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17 Jan 14 #419334 by xxx1

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Just a little bump to see if anyone knows what the judge meant?

.Charles
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17 Jan 14 #419342 by .Charles

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If it was in the County Court the judge could mean that s/he thought it should be transferred to the Family Proceedings Court where the matter is heard by a bench of Magistrates.

Charles

xxx1
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17 Jan 14 #419350 by xxx1

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It was in the Family court, regarding interim contact that my stbx demanded (his ''request'' was turned down by both myself and CAFCASS due to safeguarding issues that have still not been resolved and closed)

.Charles
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19 Jan 14 #419561 by .Charles

Reply from .Charles

The ''family'' court could be the Magistrates (family proceedings court = FPC), County Court, High Court etc.

Perhaps it was in the FPC but was heard by a District Judge or a court adviser who has remitted it to a bench of Magistrates for the next hearing?

Charles

xxx1
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19 Jan 14 #419576 by xxx1

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Thank you, so I guess that the fact that CAFCASS said no that it was not applicable and that the judge then gave us a date to go back to her meant that it wasn''t ''sent to bench'' then?

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