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Do As I Say Not As I Do Advocacy Training: Starring Lord Sumption

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By Legal Cheek on

Last month we analysed the “smug smile” and poor posture which blight Lord Neuberger’s delivery of judgments. But the UK Supreme Court president is not the only senior judicial figure whose advocacy style strays from Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) textbook norms…

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As you can see below, Lord Sumption is so fidgety that it appears he may actually be wired up to the UK Supreme Court switchboard.

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