Great moments in New Zealand jurisprudence

[Sandain]

I agree completely about there being an Old Boys club in the NZ legal profession. I was involved in a court case and when we walked in the judge greeted our lawyer by his first name and asked about his family (by first name). The junior lawyers on the other team went visibly pale.

My lawyer was not a current barrister (he was a retired high court judge and QC though) so we had to hire a barrister to present the case - we got the top litigation lawyer in Auckland for the price of a case of Scotch - because of the Old boys network.

So, to sum up - when its working for you its great - id hate to be on the other side though.

 

[Captain NeMo]

No wonder we don’t get involved in wars or start much trouble. Its all hugs and handbags in NZ…

Are you sure it isn't 'cause 4 million people doesn't present much of a pool for potential soldiers?

(just joking around, I live in New Zealand...)

 

[Sidekick]

Kia Ora guys.

I didn't know there were many other Kiwi's here at Enworld.

Well there's Hype, but not a Kiwi - he's a robot, capable of quoting any and all rules at 100% logical output. It's creepy

Did you lot see the game on the weekend? jeez, I was totally pacing around the room and on the edge of my seat for the entire match. Talk about a stressful, but brilliant game!

Sandain, yeah I know what you mean. My father had some legal troubles a few years ago, so his best mate (then a senior partner at Kensington Swan) got one his buddies to look into it they guys nick name was 'the pittbull'. Funnily enough the case went in my father's favour.

Like you say - great if you're on the right side. Very poor if your not. Just like all old-boys clubs.

Personally I think the cross-dressing lawyer should be applauded, but being called a girls name? That's when it transfers over from a stand for equality to down-right weirdness.

One too many head-high's if you ask me.

 

[Sandain]

I honestly thought we were gonn alose that game. I bit all my nails and after Aussie ran at our try line for 50-60 minutes non stop I had a sinking feeling in my gut that they must score sooner or later.

However, I prefer we play hard games rather than easy wins - its the only way we wont choke at the World Cup.

One of my sisters friends works at Kensington Swan

 

[Dirigible]

"The more this goes on and the deeper the cover-up gets, the frocks will get prettier," he told Reuters news agency.

That's the best threat EVAR.

 

[werk]

But you still have a long way to go to catch up with the US in judicial shenanigans. (Warning: printed in the newspaper, but still mildly grandma-unfriendly)

Maybe he should have tried saying, "This sort of thing ain't my bag baby."

 

[Ambrus]

Maybe he should have tried saying, "This sort of thing ain't my bag baby."

I loved how various court observers repeatedly reported hearing the "sh-sh-sh" pumping sound as well as the "shhhhhhh..." of decompression coming from the judge's bench.

If I was caught in such a predicament I would simply feign innocence by adamantly insiting that no one had ever told me that using a penile pump in court wasn't permissible. It's an entirely believable excuse right?