I Have to Move My Car Tales of Unpersuasive Advocates and Injudicious Judges

Author: David Pannick
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781841138169
Published In: November 2008
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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There are law books about constructive trusts, the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 and the rule in Foss v Harbottle. This is not one of them. David Pannick QC has always been much more interested in unpersuasive advocates and injudicious judges.

In this collection of his fortnightly columns from The Times, David Pannick passes judgment on advocates who tell judges that their closing submissions to the jury will not take long because 'I would like to move my car before 5 o'clock'; and he sentences judges who claim to have invisible dwarf friends sitting with them on the Bench, who order the parties to 'stay loose - as a goose', and who signal their rejection of an advocate's argument by flushing a miniature toilet on the bench.

In making his submissions, David Pannick QC will entertain and inform you about judges, lawyers, legal culture and law reform

Contents:: Introduction; Part I: Judges; 1 May it please the Court; 2 The number five psychic in the country; 3 Stay loose, as a goose; 4 You want a piece of me?; 5 When a judge tries to sue the pants off a defendant; 6 If the cap fits; 7 The high court; 8 Sweet dreams; 9 What plays in the Las Vegas courts cannot stay in Las Vegas; 10 Real chilli-hot stuff; 11 The Ten Commandments judge; 12 A good cry; 13 The judge's spouse; 14 `I have had enough'; 15 A retiring judge; 16 Cell phone; 17 The copycat judge; 18 Bedside manner; 19 The judge obsessed with sex and death; 20 Wild Bill; 21 Never entirely English; 22 Levin v Goddard; 23 Bum Point; 24 Laughter in Court can end in tears; Part II: Lawyers; 25 The go-to guy; 26 No laughing matter; 27 'A Holocaust survivor sent me a book on coping'; 28 Welcoming a new DPP; 29 Solicitors who make an exhibition of themselves; 30 Prosecutors must not strike foul blows; 31 Disasters of advocacy; 32 A moving experience; 33 Academic detours with Roy Stuart; 34 Dozy- counsel; 35 Drunk in charge of a brief; 36 Lawyers: don't you just love them?; 37 Barristers bearing gifts; 38 Mediocre lawyers; 39 The trials of HLA Hart; 40 The devil of a job; 41 A loud clear voice and a good degree in ancient and modern history; 42 Peter Duffy QC: an instinct for fairness; 43 Promoting free trade in barristers; 44 Honest Abe the lawyer; Part III: Legal entertainment; 45 `The parties are advised to chill'; 46 Poetic justice; 47 `Shizzle my sizzle'; 48 Razzle Dazzle; 49 Cartoon characters; 50 R v Deirdre Anne Rachid; 51 Searching my soul; 52 `I'm gonna look after you'; 53 What's your problem?; 54 The jibber-jabber of counsel appearing before nancy-pansy judges; 55 So whatyougonnado?; 56 Leaving room for the possibility; 57 Watching Ali fight in the courtroom; 58 Killing in cold blood; 59 A comedy of legal errors that ended in tragedy; 60 Careless people; 61 You be the judge; 62 All the legal news that's fit to reprint; Part IV: Unusual litigation; 63 California dreaming; 64 The pursuit of happiness; 65 Not the ghost of a chance; 66 Ruff justice; 67 Parrot squawks before the beak; 68 A Valentine's card that says `Let's be having you'; 69 Sticks and stones; 70 FedEx sex in prison; 71 A modern master on suffering; 72 Being treated like royalty; 73 Allowing restaurant critics to tuck in and give readers food for thought; 74 Whip and tell is no basis for an employment policy; 75 Reporting the law; 76 Ensuring that justice is seen to be done; Notes; Index

David Pannick QC writes a fortnightly legal column in The Times. He is a barrister and member of Blackstone Chambers where he specialises in all aspects of public law and human rights. He has been a Fellow of All Souls College since 1978 and is the general editor, with Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC, of Human Rights Law and Practice