It's all my fault
As the title suggests, it really is all my fault... must be two judges said so. Problems with two cases have been blamed on me, one quite bizarrely and the other because the judge seems intent on not listening .to the facts of the case. First, yesterday I got a call to let me know that one of my clients was in court for his custody time limits to be extended. This surprised me as it was the first I'd heard of it. Turns out that the prosecution had notified the firm, by fax, of their intention to apply to extend the time limits at 9pm on Tuesday night. Unsurprisingly, come Wednesday morning at 10am nobody was at court for the defendant and because it is the school half term it was surprisingly difficult to find cover. Somehow the judge seemed to believe that this was my fault and ordered that we attend. Second case was today. One of the trainee solicitors who is about to qualify is handling the case, I'm supervising but as the "solicitor" I get the bla...