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i) You are behind in your judgement writing. Your law clerk has made

notes of the hearing, has prepared a memo for you setting out the

arguments and reaching a conclusion as to the decision to be taken.

Can you a) use the clerk’s notes of evidence b) use the “draft

judgement”?

ii) You gave your decision on the case in open court but reserved your

reasons to another day. When you sit down to write the judgement, you

realise that you have come to the wrong conclusion and that you

should have come to the opposite conclusion. What do you do?

13.

i) The court clerk tells you that the Claimant (a litigant in person) failed

to submit his documents to the court in time and the reason for this was

because he was in prison. However, he does not want the court to

know the real reason as he thinks that it will prejudice the judge

against his case. What do you do on being given this unsolicited

information?

14.

i) You have been asked to become one of the following, which, if any

can you accept?

a) Patron of a charity promoting the cause of prisoners

b) Trustee of an arts charity

c) Non- executive director of listed company

d) Chair of the residents association

e) Chairman of the board of governors of your old university

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