You may remember Geeklawyer’s post about being phoned up by the judge. Well, bugger me if it didn’t happen again. This time Geeklawyer wasn’t in chambers to take the call nor was he in the bath - that activity is over till next year - but when he returned a rather anxious head of chambers passed the note of His Lordship’s call to Geeklawyer. Having been aware of the previous incident he was less panicky than before, but still …
Perhaps His Lordship has a gay passion for Geeklawyer? Might be a way of winning cases more easily than oral argument advocacy; just as long as he can be held at bay so that there is no act of ‘consumation’.
On a side not posting is likely to be a be sparse for the next few days. When Geeklawyer returns His Lordship’s call it is likely to result in the sudden need to write a detailed skeleton argument at short notice. In fact it would be better to start just about … now.
On a side note to skeletons: How does Geeklawyer approach drafting his arguments? Bar students look away now. Geeklawyer polishes his one-liners and aphorisms first, the soundbites if you will, and then works backwards.
GL, starting with soundbites and working backwards works for most governmental policy so I see no reason why it wouldn’t work in court.
Start with an attention grabbing headline like A capacity to hit the UK within 45mins then fugde the detail in mountains of stats etc.
Good method
My Dear Geek,
What is wrong with you? One moment you are writing manly stuff about men sticking their heads between other men’s legs and having a jolly good ruck. Now you come over all gay.
As for the skeleton arguments, I have been told that cut and paste works very well.
By the way, what is the deal with the judge? It sounds like some sort of casting couch arrangement.
I’ll do pretty much whatever it takes to win: violence, bribery perjury - but the casting couch? As I told Anne Butler-Sloss after I finished my pupillage (and before she retired from the Bench) “I’m sorry my dearest Betty, but no more of that for me now that I have my tenancy, but I’ll always remember our ‘conferences’ with fondness”
urgh! wrong wrong wrong on so many levels.
but no wronger than my obsession with baroness hale…
mmm, Brenda, swoon
My Dear Geek,
Is your real name Alan Shore by any chance?!?!
I don’t know - who is he & has he committed any offence?
For your enlightenment, My Dear Geek, Mr Shore is a fictional lawyer ( American unfortunately, but lets not hold that against him, for now, for he is so very YOU) who ( when not bieng brilliant in court, of COURSE) spends a disproportionate ammount of his time lusting after judges whilst accessing/attempting to access the knickers of various and sundry nublie young ladies……
Miss Lawminx is absolutely spot on. Alan Shore is of course the Boston Legal lawyere played by the fithy, delicious,sublime and wicked James Spader who has both a considerable ego and way with words(hence Geeklawyer likeness) He uses this both in the courtroom and to pick up assorted, unsuspecting totty. Minxy has paid you a compliment. Well I would see it as that.
What about Mrs Justice Rafferty. That voice…