Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
I attended a local court a couple of months ago (albeit only the County Court in Taunton) as it was something I always intended doing.
However, it seemed to consist of a great deal hanging around and parties in the court whispering between themselves and the judges at length before and after anything that happened. And what happened seemed semi-inaudible, highly mundane and of little interest. (I decided to go on the day when the proceedings were meant to involve the case of the local chap who drove a large military vehicle against and over local cars including police vehicles - but I left due to boredom and the lack of clarity as to what time the case was meant to be dealt with and in which court).
I'm not suggesting that it was typical of court proceedings in general but it was less than exciting.
Did a fair share of court reporting as a local journalist, magistrates and crown, and in the main it is very boring. Loads of hanging around waiting, loads of legal nonsense.

A few moments of excitement and always loved verdict/sentencing as seemed a complete lottery sometimes.

To answer previous question, there was a notice board listing order of hearings and court room - but this is going back 10 years