The Dog and The MSc
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| 16:33 UK time, Wednesday, 2 March 2011
This is a cracker, from an anonymous 'lawyer'. We were talking about ridiculous lawsuits...
First up I'm a lawyer so please don't mention my name otherwise someone might get upset about my mentioning these:1) I once entered Edinburgh Sheriff court in time to see two of my colleagues arguing over custody of a dog
2) Far more ridiculously, I once acted for my old University (not named for legal reasons) in pursuing an individual to try to stop him airing his sincerely held belief that the principal, the university and all sort of other officials had conspired with to deny him his MSc. The Court of Session judges were scrupulously fair in allowing him his day in court (actually several weeks in court) during which time I had to sit through all sorts of outlandish "evidence". At one point the court reporter came in as the said party litigant was grilling the Principal of the Uni as to whether or not he had hypnotised the entire court using his satanic powers. He tapped me on the shoulder and whispered, "what the ***k is going on in here???"
Fun times
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