I should clarify DRKC isn't asking this question, I'm saying this to people who do ask it.

Sorry yes I'll clarify.

So my answer is "How can I defend someone I believe to be guilty? Really easily because they'll almost always plead or be convicted. So it's very unlikely that any mistakes I make (even though I do my best not to make them) will lead to the wrong result - juries usually see through it."

...was a much worse prospect to me than representing someone who might be "wrongfully" acquitted. Not least because while I know wrongful convictions do happen (statistically speaking they must), the level of cases I was doing made that a loss less likely a lot of the time.

The most recent one of those was a guy I defended who was about 19 or 20, of good character and I believed (based on the evidence) had been entirely misidentified as the culprit in a stranger assault case. He was thankfully acquitted, but the idea that if I got this wrong his life would be ruined...

Including Ure?

Did it coincide with the weather turning?

When was the last time one of the other IBOS members was there?

You know you can't do a post like that without getting this as a reply.

Does that deliberately look like a missed high five, or is that just a coincidence?

*I will not accept any questions whose premise is that they'd enjoy the game more without me being there.

Have you considered becoming some kind of sports official? I've found the Saturday morning terror of possibly ruining* 22 people's afternoon by not turning up a really good way of encouraging getting up on the weekends.

Also I'm not saying the timing is suspect, but I'm not *not* saying it either. youtu.be/ibqJM7AirjM?...

I was just doing my usual opinion at the point it reaches 5.5k words.

Having set out the facts, I now turn to the law...