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I did not say that either the first sentence of the article or the judgment was misleading (I am not sure how the latter could be), but this may not be clear (rather than misleading:

"Hayden noted that calls to end cross examination of abused witnesses have been made for more than a decade, and he stressed that any disagreement to the notion was 'redundant of any coherent contrary argument'."

It could be read as suggesting that there should be an end to all cross examination, not only that by the perpetrator himself. It would not be so read by anyone who had read the judgment itself before commenting and would not be so read by anyone aware of the issue.

I would have thought that once that position was established, it is a matter of case management to ensure compliance.

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