Mistakes
What does it mean to make a mistake?
What do lawyers do?
Yes, you will need a lawyer or even lawyers, if you find yourself in this kind of trouble.
The Paperless Court
That will become more difficult without ready access, without quibble, to all the prosecution material, particularly the stuff the prosecutor deems not relevant or necessary to his/her case.
Cooking
Even so, we should not forget that Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan are both lawyers (and it doesn’t get more centralised than where they are) and there is, or was, (this writer thinks) no checklist in the world that would have prevented them from wrecking the Irish economy.
Trouble
She was defending her cousin on a dangerous dog prosecution but had to be escorted from court after kissing a solicitor, swearing at an usher and insulting the prosecutor while \”fortified\” with brandy.
The Prosecutor
Under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 most criminal prosecutions are in the charge of the Director of Public Prosecutions (“DPP”).
Yes, Boss!
Call the judge “Judge” (unless he/she is the Chief Justice (or the President of the High Court)).
Accident: Frequency (The Law of Averages)
Road traffic accidents are common, but we rarely witness them happening.
Souvenir Land
It is surprising that NAMA’s business plan has overlooked the possibilities of souvenir land sales.
Suggestive
It is an obligation of an advocate, in cross-examination, to convey to the witness the evidence the advocate intends to adduce to rebut the evidence of the witness.