Court Craft

Abstract

So child-care planning has been completed, witnesses have been seen by the solicitor, the summons has been issued, and here you are at the door of the court. This is the theatre where the plans of the past few months can be dashed in a few fleeting moments. This is the arena where the drama will be performed, the winners will emerge victorious and jovial, and the losers, dragged out by the heels of their emotions, may wander sulkily into the private recesses of the conference room to moan about the understanding of the tribunal or the quality of their legal representation, and to demand an appeal (whose sole grounds are ‘we lost’) in order that this monstrous injustice can be corrected.