Monthly Archives: November 2007

There ought to be a word for it!

The moment of pure joy when you are cross-examining someone and it couldn’t be going better if you scripted the answers yourself – every question hits home & you and the witness are dancing in a conversation – you, the witness and anyone listening are no longer conscious that it is a question & answer…

There ought to be a word for it!

Another moment of pure joy when you are running a case which all around you thinks is unwinnable and you get the first confirmation in the evidence that you are going to be able to knock down the other side’s deck of cards. It is even better if the other side cannot see the significance…

Crowisfaction? There ought to be a word for it?

Thanks to those who have suggested words for my recent missing words thing on obnoxious opponents and think crowisfaction pretty grand. But there is a small variation. Opponent who turns up thinking that because Judge took understandable dim view of your client’s behaviour in the past s/he willl take same dim view even though life…