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Having practiced for many years in the family courts at Liverpool I can sympathise with the comments of Judge De Haas. I have had cases where I have been ready to start at 10-10.30 yet counsel for the opposition is in a different court entirely, so my poor client either has to pay my full hourly rate for hanging around (no negotiations even) all morning or I take a hit on my fees. Either way, it is unprofessional for counsel to accept instructions where there is a clash and I for one support the judge's comments.