I have to move my car : Tales of unpersuasive advocates and injudicious judges

Contents:
Introduction 1;
Part I: Judges 7;
1 May it please the Court 9;
2 The number five psychic in the country 12;
3 Stay loose, as a goose 15;
4 You want a piece of me? 18;
5 When a judge tries to sue the pants off a defendant 21;
6 If the cap fits 24;
7 The high court 27;
8 Sweet dreams 30;
9 What plays in the Las Vegas courts cannot stay in Las Vegas 33;
10 Real chilli-hot stuff 36;
11 The Ten Commandments judge 39;
12 A good cry 42;
13 The judge's spouse 45;
14 'I have had enough' 48;
15 A retiring judge 51;
16 Cell phone 54;
17 The copycat judge 57;
18 Bedside manner 60;
19 The judge obsessed with sex and death 63;
20 Wild Bill 66;
21 Never entirely English 69;
22 Levin v Goddard 72;
23 Bum point 75;
24 Laughter in court can end in tears 77;
Part II: Lawyers 81;
25 The go-to guy 83;
26 No laughing matter 86;
27 'A Holocaust survivor sent me a book on coping' 89;
28 Welcoming a new DPP 92;
29 Solicitors who make an exhibition of themselves 95;
30 Prosecutors must not strike foul blows 98;
31 Disasters of advocacy 101;
32 A moving experience 104;
33 Academic detours with Roy Stuart 107;
34 Dozy counsel 110;
35 Drunk in charge of a brief 113;
36 Lawyers: don't you just love them? 116;
37 Barristers bearing gifts 121;
38 Mediocre lawyers 124;
39 The trials of HLA Hart 127;
40 The devil of a job 130;
41 A loud clear voice and a good degree in ancient and modern history 134;
42 Peter Duffy QC: an instinct for fairness 137;
43 Promoting free trade in barristers 140;
44 Honest Abe the lawyer 143;
Part III: Legal entertainment 147;
45 'The parties are advised to chill' 149;
46 Poetic justice 154;
47 'Shizzle my nizzle' 157;
48 Razzle Dazzle 160;
49 Cartoon characters 163;
50 R v Deirdre Anne Rachid 166;
51 Searching my soul 169;
52 'I'm gonna look after you' 172;
53 What's your problem? 175;
54 The jibber-jabber of counsel appearing before nancy-pansy judges 178;
55 So whatyougonnado? 181;
56 Leaving room for the possibility 184;
57 Watching Ali fight in the courtroom 187;
58 Killing in cold blood190;
59 A comedy of legal errors that ended in tragedy193;
60 Careless people 196;
61 You be the judge 199;
62 All the legal news that's fit to reprint 202
Part IV: Unusual litigation 205;
63 California dreaming 207;
64 The pursuit of happiness 210;
65 Not the ghost of a chance 213;
66 Ruff justice 216;
67 Parrot squawks before the beak219;
68 A Valentine's card that says 'Let's be having you' 223;
69 Sticks and stones 226;
70 FedEx sex in prison 229;
71 A modern master on suffering 232;
72 Being treated like royalty 235;
73 Allowing restaurant critics to tuck in and give readers food for thought 238;
74 Whip and tell is no basis for an employment policy 241;
75 Reporting the law 244;
76 Ensuring that justice is seen to be done 247;
Notes 251;
Index 287.