1. Video presentation of the Hart v. UK case.

When judge John Deed took the case of a man who had killed the driver
responsible for his daughter's death, the high court judge got personally
involved in the situation. Morris Haart had applied for a shotgun licence prior
to the hit-and-run accident. Although the driver responsible for killing his
daughter was tried and acquitted, Haart did not react but rather turned his
emotions inward and did not let the pain go out. After seeing the same driver
driving illegally and dangerously in the streets, he went to the Police Station;
collected his shotgun licence, bought a shotgun, and killed the driver. Judges
daughter took her fresher term at Sussex where she met a young
environmentalist Rory, who put her into trouble, and they ended up in prison.
It turned out that Rory was a dope fiend and conflicting kind of person, so in
order not to be charged for terrorism he accused Judges daughter of being
involved in terrorist activities. Judge needed to pull some strings to save her,
but that gave his enemies at court a motive to ask for his retirement. Jo,
Judges emotional friend, was a defence counsel in the Haart case, arguing
manslaughter under provocation. The Public Prosecutor advocated
premeditated murder. Haart was not concerned about the outcome of the
trial. His life without Mona was his sentence. In the first round, the jury
returned the verdict of guilty, but after Haart spoke about what had provoked
him to kill the driver, the jury changed their mind and returned the verdict of
not guilty on all counts.

2.Judge John Deed: Rough justice

Opening scene: An elderly woman is approaching her neighours house,

alarmed by loud screams coming from the inside. A man opens the door and
convinces the lady that everything is in order and that his wife is asleep. Next scene: courtroom, judge John Deed presiding in a rape case. The clerk
of the court addresses the jury, asking the foreman to stand and reply
whether they have reached the verdict on which they all agree on the
indictment. Particulars of the case: Alec Bay was listed on various occasions

between 13 June and 19 November last year to have raped Emily Bowen, a
patient in his care at Oldrich nursing home. The jury found him not guilty and
the court acquitted the defendant. - The counsel is not pleased with the
verdict and judge Deed notices it. Our adversarial system does not always
best serve the public. - Next scene: Judge Deeds friend from Home Office
asks him to intervene in a domestic violence case where a police informant is
involved. MI5 want the man to walk free. Judge Deed cannot promise
anything being concerned whether the man, if served with a non-custodial
sentence, would beat his wife again. It is not his judicial domain, since
purple judges (junior Circuit Court judges) deal with sentencing. - Red
judges (High Court judges) do not normally hear cases for sentencing. - The
case has eventually been assigned to judge Hume after it was reduced from
section 18 to section 20 of Offences against the Person Act (Section 18: This
section creates the offences of wounding and causing grievous bodily harm,
with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, or to resist arrest. It is punishable
with life imprisonment."Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously by any
means whatsoever wound or cause any grievous bodily harm to any
person ... with intent ... to do some ... grievous bodily harm to any person, or
with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of any
person, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable ...
to be kept in penal servitude for life ..."Charges under this section are, under
Crown Prosecution Service guidance, reserved for crimes with very high
intent which caused serious (potentially life threatening harm) or showed
malicious intent and caused really serious life threatening or life altering
harm. Section 20 - This section creates the offences of wounding and
inflicting grievous bodily harm. The CPS guidance prefers this section to be
used instead of section 18 when the harm done was more consequential
rather than intentional, and/or the wounding was less serious. These are
therefore less serious than the offences created by section 18 and carry a
maximum prison sentence of 5 years."Inflicting bodily injury, with or without
weapon. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously wound or inflict any
grievous bodily harm upon any other person, either with or without any
weapon or instrument, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being
convicted thereof shall be liable ... to be kept in penal servitude ....". - Judge
Deed is assigned a date rape case, wherewith three defendants have been
jointly charged on the first count of the indictment with rape contrary to
section 1, subsection 1of the Sexual Offences Act 1956. The particulars of
the case: on 14 February the defendants had sexual intercourse with Carol
Gainer without her consent, and knowing she did not consent. The
defendants pleaded not guilty. On the second count of the indictment they

were charged with administering a stupefying substance royhypnol (a date

rape drug) - The defence counsels strategy is to discredit a victim by
presenting her as an easy meat. Medical expert explains the effects of
royhypnol on the body. Evidence presented and contested: the contents of
the vagina (blood type O semen), DNA test (no DNA match with the
defendants perhaps they wore condoms), victims testimony - Concurrently
with the date rape case, judge Deed will hear the wife beating (pleabargain)
case, since judge Hume is involved in a protracted legal argument - Judge
Deed wants to know if there are exceptional circumstances why Mr. Abbott
should not go to prison. Mr. Abbott is sorry for what he has done to his wife,
and he blames his drinking problems. The charging officer speaks in favour
of the defendant, stressing his cooperativeness and remorse. However, there
are no medical reports to support the application for acquittal. Judge Deed
will adjourn sentencing until he is provided with some kind of evidence. He
needs to have a just cause for non-custodial sentence. - The story goes back
to the date rape case. The victim is giving her testimony. The defence
counsel uses foul language to disqualify the victim and to present her as an
easy catch. However, one of the defendants breaks and spills out the truth. The wife beater case Mr. Abbott beat his wife with an iron bar and then
poured boiling water on her crotch, wanting to punish her for being
unfaithful. It turns out that Mrs. Abbott had sporadic fits of infidelity and thus
provoked her husband to apply violence. In spite of all political manoeuvres
and pressures against justice Deeds intentions to turn a sentencing case
into a trial, he is adamant to administer justice and to arrive at an
appropriate sentence. Eventually, judge Deed does not send Mr. Abbott to
prison, but to a mental care centre to have proper medical treatment, and
when fully recuperated he can be integrated into society.

3.Duty of Care

Tony Cootes, a 19-year-old boy, who lives in a single-parent family, gets a

job, as casual labour, at Mandle PLC, a local building company, owned by
Mike Briggs. While on the building site, the wall falls and crushes him to
death. - Joe Mills is to prosecute a case against a foreman and site manager,
running manslaughter. Mills is not sure whether the right people are being
prosecuted. Accordingly, CPS came close to running corporate manslaughter
with Mike Briggs in the frame. However, days before committal the charges

were withdrawn and Briggs squirmed away leaving the two employees in the
frame. - CPS: There is no line of culpability to Briggs. - Judge John Deed, a
man of principles, decides to hear the case, with the ultimate intention to
have the prosecution reinstate the corporate manslaughter charge against
Mike Briggs and his company, and thus bring some satisfaction to the dead
boys mother. - In her opening speech, Joe Mills highlights that according to
the Health and Safety inspectors report everything that could possibly be
wrong on the site was wrong: absence of adequate training, lack of safety
overrides on machinery, some of the plant on site was found to have 17
potentially lethal defects, wrong equipment used for lifting, inexperienced
personnel were allowed to drive machinery, lack of supervision - The
reasons for such negligence was to cut costs, to achieve maximum profit
regardless of safety, showing little value of young lives - In determining the
line of responsibility, one of the defendants stated that the building company
was owned by Briggs, but was run by a contractor, and the site was mostly
run by the site manager and the clerk of the works - Mr. Briggs was a handson managing director who frequently visited the site to hurry things up. - The
prosecution intended to call Mr. Briggs as a witness and had served him with
papers, but he had not responded - The Health and Safety inspector, acting
as a witness, proved that the Company was warned several times about
wrong practices to the point of having the site closed down but it had never
happened due to the pressure of work. The contractors did not respond
because they were behind schedule, and were receiving a lot of pressure
from Mr. Briggs. - Mrs. Cootes, second witness, was made redundant in the
same building company. Her husband left the family and never paid any
maintenance so Tony felt the man of the house. The job centre called him to
report to the building site where no experience was required as long as the
person was fit. There was not training, which was considered a waste of time
for casual labour. Many accidents happened to general labour on the site,
they had no insurance and H and S inspectors could find no breach. - There
was a mutual relationship between an inspector and those he inspected. The
system did not work. - Charlie, judge Deeds daughter, has a dog that was
rescued from a research lab and needs to be re-homed. Judge Deed objects
at first to keeping the dog, but yields eventually. - In judge Deeds chambers
the counsel discusses the possibility of changing the charges and the plea for
the two defendants in the dock extending them to involve Mike Briggs,
whose involvement is not more than obvious. - Mike Briggs does not like the
idea of being prosecuted and insists that his legal advisor, George, judge
Deeds ex-wife, represents him in court. She is not a specialist for common
law criminal charges but she is energetic enough to represent Briggs

interests. - Mr. Briggs has a great political influence and is well-connected,

sufficient reason for the Executive, Sir Ian Rochester to start molesting judge
Deed to drop the case. - Judge Deed believes that only strong evidence can
persuade CPS to stay in the game. He advised Mills to ask the boys mother
to leak to the press something about Briggs political connections. In
addition, Mrs. Cootes shows the judge a memo signed by Briggs whereby he
orders the company managers to disregard H and S policy. This is sufficient
for judge Deed to issue a bench order for Briggs arrest. - George is
representing Briggs in court, but is not very familiar with the procedural
matters, holds the court in contempt and is being sent to a cell by judge
Deed.

4.Appropriate Response

- A man leaves a correction institution, goes to a library and browses through

electronic Crown Court reports to freeze the screen on an article about judge
John Deed. - Two police officers are charged with inflicting grievous bodily
harm in a hunt beat case. The Prosecution witness has failed to appear in
court. The defence counsel submits to court that there is no case to answer
and introduces the Crown v. Martello authority. According to judge Deed the
Martello case fell because the victim refused to give evidence, as for the
case currently in court the victim of alleged assault is unable to give
evidence because he is in a coma. - The prosecution will continue with
section 20 unless it intends to amend the indictment to reckless infliction of
grievous bodily harm. - Purple judge Robert Hume asks judge Deed to give
him over a fraud case, scheduled for next week (the Crown against Jameson)
- The hunt beat case continued apparently the prosecution witness did not
appear in court because he was in police custody. Judge Deed orders the
witness to be brought to give evidence, otherwise, the arresting officer and
the officer in charge will be charged with criminal contempt. - The
prosecution witness is obviously intimidated by the police, thus he states not
to be able to identify the police officers as the alleged offenders - Judge Deed
does not accept the defence counsel conclusion that due to lack of evidence
there is no case to answer, but returns the case for retrial and in the
meantime the defendants will remain in custody without bail. - In exchange
for the fraud case judge Hume sends judge Deed an attempted murder case
(the Crown against Johnny the Animal Latymer) - Row Colemore tries to

persuade judge Deed to release the two policemen, but Deed believes in
justice and fair cause. Any influence on the judge would be considered
perverting the course of justice. - Two brothers have been arguing for years
over proper division of their late fathers property. The amounts they spent
on legal fees left them almost penniless, with the case still unsettled - Judge
Deed wants them to settle there and then otherwise they are going to be
pronounced vexatious litigants without the possibility to ever take any legal
action in that court - Judge Deed ends this long-term litigation by deciding in
favour of one brother, and the other is to pay the other the amount of one
penny - The attempted murder case is opened by prosecutor Joe Mills, who
runs the charge of premeditated murder on Johnny Latymer. Latymer has
inflicted heavy bodily harm to his best friend Alan Dale. As a result, Alan Dale
has sustained fractured skull, brain hemorrhage, permanent paralysis Mrs. Latymer states that Johnny L. is like a little boy, he likes to share
everything, but he is full of anger and becomes very aggressive when hurt. The ex-convict comes across judge Deed who recognizes him as Ramero, sex
offender, he sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. He served 8 out of 12 y.
and he is back to seek revenge - Judge Deed and Joe Mills go to the Lord
Chancellors bash where Deed meets Lady Rochester and provocatively
dances tango with her. - Judge Deed is considering the application for bail for
the two policemen. However, the application is denied on the grounds of the
defendants representing a threat to the wellbeing of the victim - Judge Deed
goes fencing with Joe Mills, but Ramero has made some changes to Joes
sward and she nearly kills Deed - The police do not want to co-operate being
cross with Deed for holding their two colleagues in custody - The defence
counsel in the Latymer case tries to present the defendant as the victim of
automatism, he does not remember beating his friend - Judge Deeds dog is
poisoned and her condition is critical - Judge Deed comes across Ramero,
who is following him like a shadow, and gets violent - Charlies room is
broken into, nothing taken, but one of her dolls, and another found on the
floor, arms ripped off - The Latymer case continued Latymer states he has
known Monica and Al for 28 years ever since they were school children,
inseparable. When Monica told him that Al and she were leaving, he got
angry, but he could not remember beating his friend almost to death. Charlie calls judge Deed to tell him that she found the missing doll in her
room, the police are called but they are still not convinced in the foundations
for the accusation, no evidence of the intruder - Romero is in Charlies room
while she is asleep, steals her phone and a doll - The Latymer case continued
expert witness, a neurologist, states that the defendant has brain
adhesions due to lesions sustained by blows on the head that could provoke

blackouts, blockages could be the result of frustration - Romero calls judge

Deed from Charlies phone with her voice recorded, sounds like she is
kidnapped by Romero, judge Deed rushes to her rescue to an old secluded
factory, it was a set-up, Romero wanted to provoke judge Deed to hurt him
and thus discredit the judges reputation - Judge Deed wants to resign, not
being able to control his anger against Ramero, Joe persuades him not to
resign since he knew when to stop, his anger was not beyond control Charlies mother pays her an unexpected visit at the College, while Romero
is hidden under Charlies bed. They go out, so Romero has to postpone his
plan. When Charlie is back to her room with her mother kissing her good
night, she is attacked in her room by Romero. Her mother suddenly returns
and rescues Charlie from the attacker. The police apologise to judge Deed for
not paying attention, but Romero is nowhere to be found. - The Latymer case
continued judge Deed wants the prosecution to amend the indictment to
section 47 and the defence counsel to change the defendants plea to guilty Latymer is sorry for his deeds, which is not going to restore his friends useful
life. However, judge Deed believes Latymer did not wontonly seek to injure
his friend. Thus, judge Deed passes a community punishment order
Latymer is to nurse Dale for at least two hours every day for two years and it
will in the meantime grow into a habit - The defence counsel of the two
policemen has filed another application for bail, which was again denied.

5.Hidden Agenda

- A General Practitioner is treating a terminally ill patient at his home. He

dies, and she sits by his bed. The deceased has left his entire property
(cottage, 20 acre field, 300 000 pounds) to G.P., doctor Belew, which makes
his only relative Mrs. Taylor report it to the police, which leads to the
prosecution raising murder charges against the doctor. - HIV positive mother
does not want to have her baby tested. Charlie is on her side. Social services
cannot test the baby without her consent. - Judge Deeds father is also
terminally ill. - In G.P. alleged murder case, motivated by greed, the
prosecution call their first witness, Mr. Taylor, who runs a hardware shop, sits
in the local council, is a church warden, manages unpaid council business,
which makes him a man not motivated by greed - Mr. Taylor states that the
Doctor was often rude to them, on the night of death, she was sitting in the
dark, did not bother to close the old mans eyes, there were two empty files

of diamorphine on the death bed, the coroners decision was not necessary Mr and Mrs. Taylor were fond of the old man. They visited him rarely though,
Rory could not bear to see her uncle suffering. - They alerted the police of
the suspected murder through connections. Dr. Smith, who knew Mr. Taylor,
performed post-mortem, alerted the police. - HIV positive mother, High Court
bailiff serves her with the summons to appear in court. - G.P. alleged murder
case - Dr. Davis, Home Office pathologist, stated that drug residues found in
the old mans body revealed large amounts of opiate alkaloid. Since the
patient could not be given opiate alkaloids orally, they were too bitter; they
must be softened and supported with other ingredients, buffers. They do not
show in the same quantity as morphine since they are absorbed at a much
faster rate. - HIV positive mother the Judge advised Charlie to appear with
her friend in court as McKenzie friend, since she does not have a lawyer. Judges father is reluctant to tell him something; the judge wants to know
what it is. - G.P. case Dr Belew, treated the old man for six months, cancer,
some patients respond better at home, she was giving him lots of drugs, pain
killers, although he often insulted her, she came back to treat him. On the
day he died, she made him tea, he was in a great deal of pain, diamorphine,
they had tea and cake, he said she was his best friend, it was drugs talking.
Primary cancer of the lungs, with lots of secondaries of the bone and liver.
She said goodbye to him. Waited one hour two until Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
came. Crossexamination: she did not know she would inherit the money, she
did not know about his will, no need to inform the coroner, it was not a
reportable death, she did not have a death certificate, she called Dr.
Madanovich she knew from Kosovo, Red Cross, and they were lovers,
continued sexual relations in England. The prosecution doubted her position
of an honest and reliable doctor since in 1990 in the Hospital in Bermingham,
she gave anaphylactic shock to a baby who eventually died. She confessed
killing the baby boy; however, she was cleared of any wrongdoing. - Judge
Deed called by his sister to come their father was unconscious - Judge Nivens
is presiding in the HIV positive mother case, Charlie, McKenzie friend, will
represent the mother - Judge Deed is adopted - HIV case - Informal, family
division, the Council claims that there is a real danger to the baby from
breast feeding; the parents need a month to prepare for the hearing, the
Council advocates for the emergency protection order due to the threat of
baby abuse, judge Nivens grants 10 days, the parents need time to prepare,
no legal representation - Charlie raises the issue of who will hear the case, if
a judge has doctors as relatives he can be prejudiced or can cherish orthodox
views on HIV and AIDS matters, judge Nivels values these arguments as a
valid concern - Dr. Madanovich, witness, the prosecution want to check his

dubious credentials, to present him as unreliable witness, a liar, he ordered a

new BMW sports car, two weeks before the old mans death, he intended to
pay from his lovers inheritance, he cancelled the car soon after the doctor
was charged, the truth is that the doctors friend often orders and cancels
cars - Dr. Margo Brioni, expert pathologist, will present new evidence, - Judge
Nivens gives the HIV case to judge Deed, he asks Joe Mills to do pro bono
representation of the mother - Dr Brioni, authored a book Unexplained death,
fatal pathology; death is the cessation of the heartbeat, fatal pathology is
what brings it on, a teaching reference for twenty years - Metabolites remain
with fatal consequences, from morphine sulphates and diazepam, Pathologists are scientists and human, want to please the employer, - HIV
positive mother - The Council acquired the court order to take the baby, but
they cannot test the baby without the mothers consent - Dr. Davis liver
may have retained toxic metabolites, built up in liver and this was probable
cause of death, - No evidence of gross negligence, the prosecution will give
the lady a happy ending, doctor wants to thank the judge, she hugs and
kisses him in public - Spies inform Sir Ian Rochester - HIV case - Consolidated
hearing, first case concerns the protection of the baby, and the second the
test, cases are separate, the baby will remain with the mother for the
duration of the hearing - Parents have no expert witness but the mother will
act as such - The Council opens the hearing by stating that for them it is a
Medical case, mother infected, baby at risk, protection order sought, - Mother
is a responsible, intelligent young woman and according to the Convention of
HR, the baby cannot be tested without the mothers consent, - G.P. witness,
mother brought the baby to the clinic for minor eczema, G.P. then realized
that she was an HIV, she called to her house to persuade her to have the
baby tested and she saw a deep cut on the mothers hand, she could infect
the baby, - G.P. not trained to treat HIV patients, she considers the mother as
arrogant, overqualified, theoretical physics, threatened by this superior
knowledge, G.P. and Council hostile to the mothers baby - Dr. Belew wants to
see the judge, career suicide, gross breach of judicial etiquette - HIV case, Dr.
Capstick, risk of infection from HIV mother must not be overexaggerated, but
must not be ignored either, he would treat the baby aggressively to keep him
alive - Mother practices yoga, meditates, healthy diet, herbal therapies, not
sufficient - Mothers view emotional, they are like that when they are
protecting their beloved - Dr. Belew comes to see the judge to his quarters,
to confess she has murdered the old man - The judge is having doubts about
his decision to acquit her - HIV case the parents plan to escape, since it will
be revealed they are not the babys parents - Mother, witness, she avoided
medical treatment, infected through blood transfusion, she saw other

patients die of aggressive treatment, she kept herself in good health, if the
baby was infected she would not treat him in an orthodox way, - No will as
testamentary guardian, the babys mother died of breast cancer, - The judge
is bound to pass the childs removal into care, foster parents, they need
three uninterrupted years to look after the baby - The judge has adjourned
the case for 48 hours to do some research - Baby Brandon, the council has
revealed that the baby does not belong to the parents, their application of
emergency protection order denied though - Dr. Brioni, the old mans liver
was loaded with opiate alkaloid metabolites, any dosage of diamorphine
could have killed him, Dr. Belew cleared of any wrongdoing in reference to
the baby, Dr. Brioni advised the judge to move on, - With the judges help,
the parents swop the baby, and escape. - Final decision: King Solomon, two
mothers, sword, in favour of the mother who let go off the child, Kate and
Steve are good parents, the judge strikes down the emergency protection
order, but upholds the application for baby Brandon to be tested - The
parents need three uninterrupted years of looking after Brandon to be
granted care.

6.Political Expediency

- After a call girl is found dead in a skip, an Arab sheikhs chauffeur is

charged with killing her, but the evidence points to the sheikh himself being
involved in the murder. Unfortunately for Deed, the Arab ruler was in London
to place a huge order with a British aircraft manufacturer, and pressure is
piled on Deed by the British government, as well as by the sheikh's own. The plot thickens when counsel for the prosecution is also killed and Deeds
lover, Joe Mills, takes over the case, and when he hears that Georgina
Channing, his former wife, is engaged to marry Neil Haughton, the
government minister fighting for the airplane order. - Before long, witnesses
disappear and the jury is being interfered with by the British government,
no less. And then Deed gets an offer they think he cant refuse when
appointment as an Appeal court judge is dangled before him. - In the
meantime, Deed is hearing a case of a young footballer, charged with
inflicting heavy bodily injuries to another young man, with Joe Mills, acting as
his defence counsel. On passing the sentence, Deed takes into consideration
that the young defendant feels remorse for his actions. However, it is not
enough to remedy the loss of the eye the injured man has sustained, thus

Deed passes a custodial sentence of one year at the Young Offenders

Institute. Joe is angry with Deed for passing such a sentence. - The jury in the
murder case decides that the defendant is not guilty, but one of the jurors
states in court that they were all manipulated by another juror. As a result,
although the jury has acquitted the defendant he remains in custody until
the jury is interrogated by the proper police authority. - The defence counsel
shall seek a writ of habeas corpus (protection of bodily integrity) before the
High court. - One of the key witnesses confesses that sheikh was heavily
involved in the murder of the call girl, and one of the jurors works for the
Security Service of the British government. - Deed can no longer expect
elevation to the appellate bench.

7.Power of Abuse

After a young woman is battered to death, the mentally retarded Gary

Patterson confesses and the police consider the case solved. However, Gary
later withdraws his confession, leaving Judge Deeds court struggling with
limited evidence. Joe Mills is acting as the defence counsel. - Meanwhile,
Deed is also busy looking into a case about a multi-million pound mortgage
fraud and comes up against a masonic conspiracy. Charlie is willing to assist
Deed in finding a link between several similar fraud cases. As truth is to be
revealed, everyone involved in the case become victims of diabolic masonic
brotherhood. The fraud case is due to go before a brother judge who himself
proves to be implicated, and who eventually attempts suicide. - Deed is also
involved in an old murder case he defended. Apparently the convicted
person refuses to reveal the identity of the real murderer, i.e. that there was
a third party present at the crime scene. Deed wants to re-test the forensic
evidence and to present the results before the Review Commission. His
former father-in-law Sir Joseph Channing was a trial judge. He had access to
the prosecution evidence. - In Deeds own court, Gary says he witnessed the
killing and knows who the killer is. However, when approached by Mills about
the killers identity, Gary suffers an epileptic shock and is unable to answer
the question. - The jury finds Gary not guilty, and when Gary is to leave the
courtroom, Deed asks him whether he knows the owner of the earring found
at the crime scene. Gary innocently responds that it belongs to his father.

8.Everyones Child

Deed has to give a judgment in a court battle between a child and his
parents. Jason Powell (who is represented by Jo Mills) has heart disease, and
the doctors say his only hope of life is in a heart transplant - but he refuses
to agree to the operation. - His parents want the court to rule against an
interim injunction supporting Jason, who clearly understands the risks he
faces and who has a good legal case to decide for himself. - His parents, Mel
and Andy, plead for the heart transplant, and Deed lifts the injunction... but
then Jason dies on the operating table, after spending his last moments
pleading with the surgeons not to go against his wishes... - Two young drug
addicts stabbed a young boy to death in an attempt to steal his cell phone.
The jury eventually found them guilty of manslaughter, and judge Deed
sentenced them to 25 years imprisonment. - Meanwhile, Deed's own life is
running no more smoothly. Both he and Jo are accused of serious misconduct
when she spends the night in his chambers...

9.Nobodys Fool

Deed rules in favour of the appellant, who is the owner of a lap dancing club,
in spite of protestations of the licence granting authority counsel. - Deed
rekindles his old love affair with Francesca Rochester, and at first he fails to
notice that she is making use of him in a struggle with her dotty aunt for
power over a property and publishing empire. - Francescas husband Ian and
another enemy set out to undermine the Judges credibility, aiming to have
him removed from office. - In court, Deed is busy presiding over a murder
trial in which a young lawyer and his brother and sister are charged with
conspiring with a burglar to kill their parents. - Meanwhile, the judges
student daughter Charlie has got herself pregnant by a married lecturer at
her college. Charlies mother persuades her to have an abortion, which Deed
is against, but he finds out about it too late. - We discover that Deed bitterly
regrets Joes decision years before to abort his own child.