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Well-written and a lot of fun; just take the underlying incredibility with a grain of salt. The incredibility is largely, not entirely, from the many possible conflicts of interest (real or apparent) due to: 1) one of the barristers (for defense or prosecution) - in almost all cases over which he presides - is his on_again/off_again mistress. 2) His daughter is often junior counselor of his ex-mistress (either this season or later seasons), and at times is also his unofficial research assistant. 3) his ex-wife is sometimes a barrister appearing before him. 4) his ex-wife's father is senior judge with who he often has judiciary dealings. 5) the key Home Office figure responsible for some aspects of the judiciary is the ex-husband of his mistress (or was that a different woman he was having an affair with? I forget). 6) the new husband of his ex-wife is - in later seasons - the home secretary who is at cross-purposes with him over various cases 7) He has affairs with some of the plaintiffs, or witnesses, or experts that appear before him. Another source of incredulity is that he often appears to take sides with the apparent underdog very early in the proceedings - to the extent that he often preempts - or coaches - the litigant barristers in their questioning. Hopefully real courts are not run like this ...but good fun anyway.
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PeterHerrmann 6 December 2017
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