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Using a Screen
If you are regarded as vulnerable under the terms of the legislation, and the person who cited you as a witness believes that your evidence might be affected by seeing another person or people involved in the case, using a screen in the courtroom may help you to give your evidence.
The screen is put up as a 'room divider', or curtain, beside the witness box, between you and the other person or people involved in the case. Therefore you will not see this person or these people. The only people you will see will be the judge or sheriff, the jury (if present) and the lawyers involved in the proceedings.
However, it is important for you to know that the other people on the other side of the screen in the courtroom will be able to see you indirectly through a court television monitor when you are giving your evidence.
