Lynn Ruane (Independent)
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To put that in front of it, you then have to make a case that somebody is not going to protect their child, as in that final condition Ms Hynes mentioned. I am not using "you" to refer to the witnesses but for illustrative purposes. Within this provision, you are making a case that this person will be unlikely to be kept safe or protected in this imaginary situation of "likely to be". It has not actually happened. To say somebody will not be kept safe and it has not actually happened is a big magic in terms of making it all up.