CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 15The final determination of the application15.1Introduction15.3Determining an application without a final hearing15.9Finalising the issues and the evidence; timetabling15.22Skeleton arguments15.23The hearing15.23The day of the hearing15.25Public or private?15.26Opening speeches15.27Witness evidence15.34Witnesses: special cases (1) hearing from P15.45Witnesses: special cases (2) vulnerable witnesses15.48Witnesses: special cases (3) interpreters15.53Witnesses: special cases (4) ‘remote’ evidence giving15.58Closing arguments15.59Negotiations during the hearing15.60Judgment15.63Final orders15.69P regains capacity or dies15.73Case study: facilitating participation of ‘P’ in Court of Protection proceedings