JUDGES: SOME COURTS DO HAVE ‘EM: MISSIVES FROM THE BENCH: “IT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY SHORT JOURNEY”

November 3, 2018 · by gexall · in Case Management, Charity, Members Content

There has been a recent trend on Twitter for people to share their "favourite" moments of intervention from the bench. Here is an edited collection (there is talk of these going into a book to raise money for charity).

"DJ Tynas at Macclesfield I had a hearing in chambers. He was fond of keeping h...

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2 Responses

David Oldham · November 3, 2018 at 22:47:29 · →

It was a hot day and the Court was unbearable. Counsel asked the Usher if she could do something about the air conditioning. She said it was controlled by the knob on the bench.
Court rises as the Judge enters.
Counsel requests that the air conditioning could be turned up as he had been informed that His Honour was in charge of such matters,
Hxyay · November 4, 2018 at 01:19:45 · →

DJ Tynas at Macclesfield

I had a hearing in chambers. He was fond of keeping his dogs in there. As one was gumming at my coat he said:

“That one’s half blind and half deaf. I call him The Court of Appeal.”