tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post113853472461453481..comments2024-03-28T05:06:03.458+00:00Comments on Diary of a Criminal Solicitor: UniformsGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08500048413933214232noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1139750662854894912006-02-12T13:24:00.000+00:002006-02-12T13:24:00.000+00:00love it.could we also have a traffic light badge s...love it.<BR/><BR/>could we also have a traffic light badge system for CPS lawyers?<BR/><BR/>green - hi, I've had my coffee and 5 fags, I'm feeling pretty cool and your client's never going to get bail in a million years so I'll be nice to you and give you your AI<BR/><BR/>amber - watch it, I didn't sleep well last night, I'm a bit hungover and I'll give your your AI but I won't talk to you about the case at all. Not my job, speak to the reviewing lawyer. <BR/><BR/>red - piss off, you bloody defence reps never leave me alone. If I want to walk into court at 10 having been holed up in the CPS room and refusing to answer the door so what. Not my problem. Your client's a scrote, I'm only going to give you the case summary and then I'm going to oppose any application to adjourn you make. I don't want your client to ever get out of jail. Leave me alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1139149440600390152006-02-05T14:24:00.000+00:002006-02-05T14:24:00.000+00:00You could have seasonal and fancy dress periods to...You could have seasonal and fancy dress periods to give the courtroom a more accessible atmosphere. For example at Crhistmas members of the bench must each wear a red wool-lined tunic and trousers, black boots, false white beard and say the words "Yo, ho, ho!" in a hearty and jolly manner before they say anything else during a trial.<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, that's not a million miles from the current dress code of the bench, so maybe this one could fly....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138946368833627902006-02-03T05:59:00.000+00:002006-02-03T05:59:00.000+00:00Indigo, absolutely, I often practice at the Oxford...Indigo, absolutely, I often practice at the Oxford butts with several other yeomen of Oxford and we;ve never had a problem with the poh-lease! They're very understanding about us loosing off arrows in the high street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138659739201663132006-01-30T22:22:00.000+00:002006-01-30T22:22:00.000+00:00\started\startled*By the bye, took me four attempt...\started\startled<BR/><BR/>*By the bye, took me four attempts to post this: wish I'd chosen a less complicated password - I repeatedly mis-type it.*indigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016153810542371398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138659593776199462006-01-30T22:19:00.000+00:002006-01-30T22:19:00.000+00:00I was doing a little research recently in the publ...I was doing a little research recently in the published literature on people's motives for doing voluntary work and was started to find that for some it is the opportunity to wear a uniform.<BR/><BR/>For no reason at all, your post made me think of archers in the Middle Ages having to wear Lincoln Green. Is it an urban myth that, in Oxford, if you want to do target practice with your bow and arrows in the High Street, you must be wearing Lincoln Green or risk being arrested?indigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016153810542371398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138654684709681912006-01-30T20:58:00.000+00:002006-01-30T20:58:00.000+00:00Tongue in cheek suggestion...Defendents to wear or...Tongue in cheek suggestion...<BR/><BR/>Defendents to wear orange jumpsuits and hand & ankle chains.<BR/><BR/>[img]http://members.tripod.com/drp/sh7300.jpg[/img]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138648464659192352006-01-30T19:14:00.000+00:002006-01-30T19:14:00.000+00:00"Defence advocates could dress in the colours of t..."Defence advocates could dress in the colours of their firm, "<BR/><BR/>Would those be the racing colours of the senior partner?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138631272207169972006-01-30T14:27:00.000+00:002006-01-30T14:27:00.000+00:00It's un-BritishThe comments above re. Police State...It's un-British<BR/><BR/>The comments above re. Police State are spot-on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138628236055782592006-01-30T13:37:00.000+00:002006-01-30T13:37:00.000+00:00He did write it in 1948 though.He did write it in 1948 though.Bystander https://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138617780035191762006-01-30T10:43:00.000+00:002006-01-30T10:43:00.000+00:00You might look quite fetching an a 'Briefs R Us' b...You might look quite fetching an a 'Briefs R Us' boiler suit!Bystander https://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138548341200268452006-01-29T15:25:00.000+00:002006-01-29T15:25:00.000+00:00But if everyone wore uniforms, wouldn't it look as...But if everyone wore uniforms, wouldn't it look as if this were a police state? Oh, wait, that's right, I forgot...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12900311.post-1138545113855814652006-01-29T14:31:00.000+00:002006-01-29T14:31:00.000+00:00Most defendents already wear the unofficial unifor...Most defendents already wear the unofficial uniform of baseball cap, tracksuit and white trainers. Serial offenders are permitted a mobile phone on a chain around the neck. Burberry accessories denote shoplifting offences, and tattoos denote crimes of violence.<BR/><BR/>I stepped of of a court the other day, wearing a blue pinstripe, and was immediately accosted and asked for legal advice by a chap in the street who assumed I was a barrister. Had to tell him I was an expert witness with no legal training, but he still insisted on showing me a contract to interpret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com