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A Local Authority v M, F, E, W, X Y Z (by their Children's Guardian) [2019] EWHC 1447 (Fam), 2019 WL 06313296
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A Local Authority v M, F, E, W, X Y Z (by their Children's Guardian) [2019] EWHC 1447 (Fam), 2019 WL 06313296

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Key passages: "Hot-tubbing" is the colloquial term for the process of calling expert witnesses to give evidence and be cross-examined concurrently. 

 

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