It's a good drama well acted. I don't know to what extent it follows actual events. I don't know whether there was an appropriate adult at West's interviews or, if there was, whether she found herself in a dilemma regarding confidentiality. I've just finished the first episode so I also don't know whether the appropriate adult is going to be properly advised about her position, but I do know that, if she is, she will be disabused of the notion that she is bound by rules of confidentiality. She is not. As a solicitor I would never have left a client alone with an appropriate adult because there is nothing to prevent that adult from giving evidence against the client and, if necessary, being compelled to do so. I'm also a bit confused as to why on earth the police would ask the adult to go to the suspects home to collect stuff and why his solicitor would let her. Finally I would say that the adult owes no duty to stay with the case. Here it seems that her role is causing her serious problems at home. That's just not necessary as she can drop out at any time and, if needed, another adult could be found. Appropriate adults are well motivated people performing an important task for no reward and, usually, no thanks but it's hard to think what misplaced sense of duty would compel one to stick on the case of a psychopath through thick and thin at the expense of family.
Review of Appropriate Adult
