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.
Were you the defendant?