Independent Intermediary Services
Georgina has extensive experience assisting court users in family proceedings. Providing a vital service for people at very challenging moments of their lives, rapidly building rapport and implementing responsive communication strategies to facilitate their participation.
Georgina's role is to ensure that the service user:
- Fully understands the process
- Is supported to make informed decisions
- Can understand questions put to them
- Is able to give their best evidence
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"I work with court users with communication differences and difficulties which may affect their ability to understand and participate in court proceedings. Assisting vulnerable people with these communication difficulties to take part in conferences, assessments and hearings related to their legal proceedings."
Independant Intermediary
Subject to the court's wishes and funding arrangements Georgina can assist parties and defendants at all stages of court proceedings, including pre-trial conferences, conferences throughout trial, the trial itself, and judgement hearings. Georgina also accepts evidence-only bookings, to facilitate communication between defendants and the court at this challenging stage of the proceedings.
Testimonial
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"When the vulnerable person attended conference with me, Georgina was of significant assistance. She was able to identify the non-verbal cues of the vulnerable person which indicated to her when they may need a break in conference or when they were experiencing information overload."
"She was often able to identify when the vulnerable person may have been acquiescing/susceptible to agreeing when he may not have fully understood my questions and suggested useful adaptions."
Intermediary assessments and reports
Following an intermediary assessment, Georgina will make a recommendation regarding whether an intermediary will benefit your vulnerable person's participation. In some cases, the conclusion may be that no intermediary is required, or that they are unlikely to be able to effectively participate, even with intermediary assistance. Even when an intermediary is not recommended, Georgina's reports provide a detailed account of the vulnerable person's communication profile and wider recommendations to support their participation, including any special measures they may need.
Testimonial
​Prior to my initial meeting with the vulnerable person, Georgina was able to headline the best way to communicate with him, which assisted me greatly. An example was how I should approach the issue of acceptable pleas.