I was in the Lawyers’ Room at court today. It’s always full of hustle and bustle. Files and statements all over the place and there’s never any room to swing a cat. It’s the Criminal Justice System at its best.
The trouble is all the criminal justice agencies have their own agendas and they often don’t match.
‘No, you can’t adjourn the case because it means it won’t have been dealt with in x days’.
‘This case will have to be heard at another court despite the defendants and witnesses having to travel much much further’.
‘I can’t drop the case because I’ve dropped too many already’.
‘I can’t represent this defendant because the legal aid application hasn’t been dealt with’.
It’s like this day in and day out. But us practitioners all do our best. Whatever people may think we work hard, despite all the pressures. After all we just want to get the job done.
But it’s important that we retain a sense of humour too. There’s a sign in the tiny Lawyers’ Room that states;
‘ADVOCATES; Clear your rubbish’.
Some wise arse has altered this to;
‘ADVOCATES; Clearly, you’re rubbish’.
Ha bloody ha.
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