Tuesday, 1 October 2013

I Guess They're No Longer 'Out Of Touch With Changing Social Norms'...?

...at least as far as language is concerned:
A crown court judge has thrown out the case against a campaigner accused of vandalising a masterpiece by the English romantic painter John Constable.
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Judge McCreath told the court an expert had concluded the damage had simply brought forward the painting's planned restoration, and the damage was put at £3,436 rather than the £30,000 the prosecution had originally said.
It was the rather un-legal language in which the verdict was delivered that surprised:
He said: "I'm simply quashing the indictment. End of."
I guess these guys can disband. Their work is done...

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3 comments:

  1. Rickie1 October 2013 at 09:34

    Nice to hear plain speaking, perhaps they could do away with " my learned friend" and change it to "my mate".





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  2. Unknown1 October 2013 at 16:24

    Nice to hear plain speaking, perhaps they could do away with " my learned friend" and change it to "my mate".

    "My mate" could be how a QC refers to his or her junior. "M'learned friend", as the lawyer for the other side, would have to be "That Slag".

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  3. JuliaM3 October 2013 at 05:18

    "Nice to hear plain speaking, perhaps they could do away with " my learned friend" and change it to "my mate"."

    Innit, blud? ;)

    ""M'learned friend", as the lawyer for the other side, would have to be "That Slag"."

    :D

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