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i) A grateful ex-client, after you had won an important civil case for him,

used to send you a bottle of very fine wine every year at Christmas.

You go onto the bench. Should you continue to receive the gift?

ii) Would it make any difference that you successfully defended him a big

criminal case – a case of fraud?

iii) Would it make any difference that he was living in another country?

iv) Would it make any difference if the client had become a good friend?

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i) The weekend before you are due to start a civil claim, you receive a

case of wine from the defendant company. What do you do?

ii) Would it make any difference if you did not know who the sender was,

because the delivery company indicated that they do not know who it

is from as it was a cash payment?

iii) You have heard all the evidence in the case but have not yet written

your judgement. You plan to write your judgement over the weekend

and deliver it on Monday morning. On Saturday, a case of wine arrives

from the defendant company, before you have written your judgement.

What do you do? Do you write the judgement?

iv) You have heard all the evidence in the case and wrote your judgement

over the weekend. You arrive at court on Monday morning to find a

case of wine from the defendant company. What do you do?

v) You have given judgement for the claimant company. A week later

you receive a case of wine from the claimant company. What do you

do?

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