Quote Originally Posted by Pete/London View Post
I was called up to the Old Bailey and was lucky to get 2 cases and actually found the judges to be on the ball but the lawyers a bit dim, and some of the policeman giving evidence in a surly manner.
... wow ... the Old Bailey, eh!? I'm impressed! So you found the judges to be "on the ball" ... and the barristers a bit dim?? I've always imagined the exact opposite to be true (well ... if courtroom dramas screened on TV are to be believed, anyway!) ... with the Judge portrayed as something of a stuffy old git - who spent more than half the trial - and the "legal eagles" being shrewd, manipulative characters. As for the cops ... enough said ... I take your point!