Bless
Went off to court today to be faced with someone who was very clearly a second six pupil on their first day in court. The biggest giveaway was the fact that despite it being a small claims track case the pupil turned up with both volumes of the White Book guide to civil procedure despite the fact that in a million years he wouldnât be referring to either one. Then there was the skeleton argument which ran to about ten pages and included reference to âDonoghue v Stevenson: the law of negligence explainedâ and âLord Atkinâs neighbour principleâ explaining in intricate detail why one driver on âone of Her Majestyâs highwaysâ owed a âcommon law duty of careâ to another.
Bless.
April 12, 2016
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Tim Kevan ¡ 
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Haha, good to know that people still continue to use Donoghue v. Stevenson where its not applicable or unnecessary! I wonder, did the pupil add: ‘Is your honour sufficiently familiar with this case?’
Hah! I expect you gave the poor soul a Damned Good Thrashing, BB. You really are quite the card, you know…!
Ah… but who won ?
Was it Nick from the Apprentice?
Bless
What makes you think it is only pupils who come up with this sort of tosh?
And they were not wriong to bring a copy of the CPR with them: most of the satellite litigation about car hire charges, RTA costs, etc. that has kept the Court of Appeal so amused/bemused recently started out on SCT, and points about cost rates for e.g. witness expensese keep cropping up.
better the boy scout ‘be prepared’ than the smug ‘know it all’ stance of somebody who ought to know better!