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ii) Would your answer be different if your spouse was counsel for one of

the parties?

iii) Would your answer be different in i) and ii) above if it was your ex-

spouse?

iv) or your best friend?

v) or an ex- colleague from your chambers during your days as a lawyer?

4.

i) The case you are trying involves a company in which your brother has

a financial interest – what do you do?

ii) Would your answer to (ii) above be different if the person was a distant

cousin whom you have not seen or had contact with for many years?

5. i) A defendant appears in front of you for trial. You remember

prosecuting him five to six years ago. You know that he has many

criminal convictions. What do you do?

ii) Would it make any difference if you had defended rather than

prosecuted him?

iii) Would it make any difference if he had no previous convictions but

you had prosecuted him unsuccessfully/defended him successfully?

iv) The prosecution during the course of their evidence, let slip that the

defendant has previous convictions. What do you do?

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