I had no plans for a further series on judge's advice advocacy. However my hand was forced. I had to share the talk given by Lord Justice Irwin given to the Professional Negligence Bar Association on the 17th April. It is possible to (just about) garner a sense of professional frustration at some of...
In his essay on “Judicature”, the great Sir Francis Bacon wrote:
“Judges must beware of hard constructions and of strained inferences; for
there is no worse torture, than the torture of laws.”