High Court Family division: One Party represented by more than one barrister whilst other Party had less representation 'power' ?

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Dear Her Majesty’s Courts and the Tribunals Service,

its an equality of arms issue.

I would like to know for London High Court, Family Division when it comes to child care cases (e.g. Contact with a parent, taking jurisdiction, enforcement of contact, decision about the childs residence) how often

(1) one of the parties was represented by more than one barrister ?
For this cases I also want to know how the other party was represented (as LIP alone, as LIP with a McKenzie Friend, just with one barrister or with the same amount of barristers) ? What was the qualification of the Barristers (barrister, junior QC, QC barrister)

(2) For this cases I also want to know who else was in the hearing ? The legal clerks ? The (CAFCASS lawyer) and other legal servants finally paid by the state like the childs guardian ?

(3) How many cases were there in total (so that it is possible to calculate the percentage with the figure given in question (1). Only answer if this can be easily retrieved.

(4) If the court can answer - but I will ask the legal aid commission, too - it would be good to know if these barristers were on Legal aid.

(5) Especially in cases where there is more than one barrister, is the other party informed in advance and how many hours before the hearing so that the other party can react ?

(6) In case there are two or more barristers, will the other party be allowed and informed in advance to bring the equal amount of people (e.g. 2-3 McKenzie Friends with him). From a distant perspective a McKenzie Friend is not allowed to speak so they have less importance than a barrister and should be counted in the same way as a legal clerk, a Lawyer or Guardian.
Between the parents equality is given as they are both requested/allowed to come to the hearing.
Means when there is a barrister, a legal clerk the LIP Party should be able to bring two people with him/her, too. In case of two barristers the LIP should be allowed to bring three McKenzie Friends.
Factually all these people are witnesses of the hearing and can bring up suggestions how to proceed during a break or informally within the hearing.

(7) Have there been any cases involved where UK has taken jurisdiction from a foreign court ? Under what regulation and what paragraph (e.g. EC2201/2003 Art 10 ?)

(8) would it be possible to get the names of the highest ranked barristers when there was more than one barrister representing one party ? If not I have to accept.

(9) Whats the legal reason/regulation/restricting on the amount of barristers and other people in the Family court hearings ?

(10) What was the qualification of the judge. E.g. regular judge of a Deputy ? This would be good to know as these seem to be the real difficult cases where a high qualified and independent judge is important.

Kindly let me know this for the years:
(A) 2014
(B) 2013
(C) 2012
(D) 2011
(E) 2010

Yours faithfully,

Vinzenz Zinser

London RSU Kilo,

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Dear Mr Zinser
 
Please find attached a response to your recent FOI request.
 
Thanks
Sam

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Dear London RSU Kilo,

so I will limit my request.

Let me know the requested data only for the year 2013.

Only for the judges:
Russell, Allison (as QC and as regular Judge)
Parker, Judith
Pauffley, Anna and
Mostyn, Nicholas

But let me know the numbers for each individual judge and how many cases they have done in total each at London High Court.

Yours sincerely,

Vinzenz Zinser

London RSU Kilo,

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Dear Mr Zinser
 
Please find attached an acknowledgement to your Freedom of Information
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Dear Her Majesty’s Courts and the Tribunals Service,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Her Majesty’s Courts and the Tribunals Service's handling of my FOI request 'High Court Family division: One Party represented by more than one barrister whilst other Party had less representation 'power' ?'.

I cannot understand that there are no answers to my questions. The public should get to know.

Further it was said nearly all the questions cannot be answered. But it means question 5,6 and 9 can be answered. This does not require to go through Court files. And this is also not a part of confidential information in a court file. Answering this question will allow the public to get to know more on the question of a fair trial.

Questions that definitely can be answered:
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(5) Especially in cases where there is more than one barrister, is the other party informed in advance and how many hours before the hearing so that the other party can react ?
(6) In case there are two or more barristers, will the other party be allowed and informed in advance to bring the equal amount of people (e.g. 2-3 McKenzie Friends with him). From a distant perspective a McKenzie Friend is not allowed to speak so they have less importance than a barrister and should be counted in the same way as a legal clerk, a Lawyer or Guardian.
Between the parents equality is given as they are both requested/allowed to come to the hearing.
Means when there is a barrister, a legal clerk the LIP Party should be able to bring two people with him/her, too. In case of two barristers the LIP should be allowed to bring three McKenzie Friends.
Factually all these people are witnesses of the hearing and can bring up suggestions how to proceed  during a break or informally within the hearing.
..
(9) Whats the legal reason/regulation/restricting on the amount of barristers and other people in the Family court hearings ?
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Still I believe more of the questions can be answered.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h...

Yours faithfully,

Vinzenz Zinser

London RSU Kilo,

Dear Mr Zinser,

 

I have been forwarded your request for Internal Reviews of your Freedom of
Information requests 99533 and 99545.

 

As per our responses to you any request for an Internal Review must be
made within two months of the dates of the responses which in this case
were 4 September for 99533 and 2 September for 99545.

 

It is open to you to submit any new requests for further information not
covered by our responses.

 

Kind regards,

 

Knowledge and Information Liasion Officer
HM Courts & Tribunals Service,London RSU, post point 9.01| 9th Floor |
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