A ‘hybrid hearing’ is a term you may have heard but may not fully understand.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the courts have had to rapidly change how they work.
A hybrid hearing is a mixture of a court hearing, where the people involved (parties, barristers, witnesses and the Judge) attend in person, and a remote hearing.
A remote hearing is a hearing whereby all those attending do so via a video link or telephone conference call.
At a hybrid hearing, the Judge will always be physically present in the court room. Any combination of the parties, their legal representatives or witnesses can then also be physically present in the court room too. Everyone else will attend the hearing remotely.
You can find more detail about remote hearings and physically attending court hearings in our previous blog posts here.
Should you need representation at a court hearing of any type, please contact us on 0117 214 1797 or office@childreninthemiddle.co.uk.