"Had they done so we could have avoided court proceedings.
The surrogate would have been made aware of Amy Kehoe's mental health history, and any concerns on her part would have been addressed beforehand, avoiding the painful court proceedings that followed.
"It should provide very significant benefits to applicants such as avoiding the enormous expenses of court proceedings," Mr. Gray said in the statement.
It was delayed in 2011 until the conclusion of all related criminal cases to avoid prejudicing any police investigations or court proceedings.
But Lord Judge had "no doubt" that MPs and peers would follow the constitutional conventions under which they do not discuss court proceedings "so as to avoid any possible interference with the administration of justice".
During the court proceedings, Levandowski exercised his Fifth Amendment rights to avoid providing testimony or handing over evidence regarding his use of proprietary data from his time at Google.
The religious court proceedings came to nothing.
The union labelled the court proceedings "farcical".
The rest are still in court proceedings.
And court proceedings could take years.
