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Modelled by Bob of Home & Away and Moi...New South Wales
AUSTRALIAN BEER...My First Jury Trial

August 23rd 2014
AUSTRALIAN BEER...My First Jury Trial. With every beer comes a good story. Grab a beer and I'll tell you a story that makes John Grisham's seem like child's play...this one scary and true. I first met his wife...charged with jumping on the back of and punching a policeman who with other police was beating up her husband. Spat through the cell window in the face of another...must have ... read more
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Australian Flag Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
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24th August 2014

The bearded, beered twins, and may justice prevail!
Very fun those photos of TBers and their suds! Pretty great first jury trial--how lucky was your client that the retired cop slipped and told the truth and that you were fast enough to catch it, and how unlucky that the Korean schoolgirl felt so abused by the first judge that she wouldn't speak again on your client's behalf. So much of jury trials is so capricious--lies abound, and who will the jury believe. After lots of abuse by the police in the US, some jurisdictions have required cops to wear cameras. When implemented, violence by and complaints again the police have plummeted. Oh, for a world of justice--how wonderful that you're contributing to this!
25th August 2014

The bearded, beered twins, and may justice prevail!
Very inciteful comments Tara. Also an example of the greatest skill an advocate can have in my opinion...the ability to think on your feet. Many cases I have won have swung on a word or throw away line that I caught and threw back as a curve ball accepted. An example here was when I felt the weight of the knife and got the schoolgirl to close her eyes. I took a punt the weight would shock her out of her silence.

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