Hometowned. Slang for a lawyer or client suffering discrimination by a judge who favors locals over out-of-towners.
I once had a very minor hearing, before a chief judge, the local opposing counsel had never tried a case, civil or criminal, which is more typical here than you laymen think......
Rather like a barrister confronting a solicitor, in court, in chambers actually. No clients present, on either side.....very cosy. Oh we usually had a reporter, often, but not always......
Sometimes a judge would ask, tip his hand a bit, "Who ordered the reporter?"
I will unpack this for the dense among you. The ordering of a reporter might be taken by a tribunal, and I have personal experience of such things, as some evidence of that side's mistrust of the fairness of the tribunal, based on such things as bias, or interest of the tribunal in opposing counsel's cause, for various reasons best known to themselves.
Th government, almost any government here, is required by rule and or protocol, to order a reporter, for anything, however seemingly perfunctory; yet in law, virtually nothing is ever merely perfunctory, although it may seem so.
One's recollection of a hearing may be different from opposing counsel's, as well as the judge's.
In some cases I would have preferred not to have one. My hands were tied.
Rather like a barrister confronting a solicitor, in court, in chambers actually. No clients present, on either side.....very cosy. Oh we usually had a reporter, often, but not always......
Sometimes a judge would ask, tip his hand a bit, "Who ordered the reporter?"
I will unpack this for the dense among you. The ordering of a reporter might be taken by a tribunal, and I have personal experience of such things, as some evidence of that side's mistrust of the fairness of the tribunal, based on such things as bias, or interest of the tribunal in opposing counsel's cause, for various reasons best known to themselves.
Th government, almost any government here, is required by rule and or protocol, to order a reporter, for anything, however seemingly perfunctory; yet in law, virtually nothing is ever merely perfunctory, although it may seem so.
One's recollection of a hearing may be different from opposing counsel's, as well as the judge's.
In some cases I would have preferred not to have one. My hands were tied.
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