As the below report from the Westminster Gazette of 5 December 1895 shows, even for the very experienced practitioner, the temptation to address the court at length can be irresistible…
Much has changed since 1895 but not, it seems, the unique tone of a withering judicial rebuke to counsel!
To date, Mr Bushe QC remains the only reported member of the Irish Bar to have been successfully sued for criminal conversation after eloping with a married woman. Read all about it here.
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