The Supreme Court reformulated the approach a family court should take when exercising its discretion to decide whether to order a child to give live evidence in family proceedings.
Craig Barlow undertakes Assessments , in accordance with Lord Justice Thorpe's Working Party Guidelines to advise the Court with regard to a child's ability to give evidence, any special measures that may benefit the child in giving live evidence and to ascertain whether giving live evidence might be contrary to the child's best interests and cause undue stress.