It is axiomatic, practitioners of the dark art of advocacy will tell you, that when the presence of a minister is required for testimony, it is ever so likely that Affairs of State will be found so impelling that precedence would have to be given to attending to them rather than on the pleasure of the court.It is surprising (not) therefore that on 26th September no less than 10 ministers or quasi-ministers found the time in their busy schedules to trot along to the Palace of Justice down Republic Street way and exercise their rights as ordinary citizens to be part of the audience in the Court of Appeal. Cognoscenti of the free entertainment offered to the Great Unwashed by the sittings held daily in Court will tell you that generally speaking, proceedings in the Court of Appeal hold little, erm, appeal, as compared say to a trial by jury, where you get the fun and games and the cut and thrust of forensic battle. In the Court of Appeal, the august Justices of Appeal are addressed by respectful lawyers on abstruse points of law and the potential for amusement is rather limited.Given this, it is clear why Messrs Galdes, Dalli, Zammit Lewis, Bonnici and the other components of...
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