I had experience of the British court as Plaintiff in a civil case against a fraudster, Plaintiff against a cowboy builder, and "McKenzie friend" to my own builder against an unfair claim against him. I wish there had been a Jury in my first case against the fraudster. It was really nerve-wracking and the other side fabricated evidence that the Judge based his verdict on. It was intimidating because the Judge was like Alan Sugar and even looked a bit like him. It turned into a witch-hunt against me, but it was only after the case was over that I realised it was a tactic because it was difficult to defend the Defendant as he was a fraudster (which has proven to be true now as he has been exposed and there have been numerous other victims since the trial in 2019). I have a feeling Johnny Depp's court case in London turned into a witch hunt, too, and he was subjected to unfair scrutiny instead of being treated as the victim, which goes against the stereotype of men being the abuser and women being the abused. I think the Judge was unable to grasp that idea, so he took Amber Heard's word as gospel instead of scrutinising her. I'm glad the US court case was filmed / streamed. It was interesting to see the inconsistencies in her accounts and also the unreliable witnesses for the Defence.
Yes, interesting point. Amber was not a party in the UK trial so was not subject to the same rules for disclosure of evidence that might have shown her in a bad light. Watch out for episode 2 though, in which I look at evidence which is quite striking but does not seem to have been properly delivered by Amber Heard's lawyers...
I had experience of the British court as Plaintiff in a civil case against a fraudster, Plaintiff against a cowboy builder, and "McKenzie friend" to my own builder against an unfair claim against him. I wish there had been a Jury in my first case against the fraudster. It was really nerve-wracking and the other side fabricated evidence that the Judge based his verdict on. It was intimidating because the Judge was like Alan Sugar and even looked a bit like him. It turned into a witch-hunt against me, but it was only after the case was over that I realised it was a tactic because it was difficult to defend the Defendant as he was a fraudster (which has proven to be true now as he has been exposed and there have been numerous other victims since the trial in 2019).
I have a feeling Johnny Depp's court case in London turned into a witch hunt, too, and he was subjected to unfair scrutiny instead of being treated as the victim, which goes against the stereotype of men being the abuser and women being the abused. I think the Judge was unable to grasp that idea, so he took Amber Heard's word as gospel instead of scrutinising her.
I'm glad the US court case was filmed / streamed. It was interesting to see the inconsistencies in her accounts and also the unreliable witnesses for the Defence.
Yes, interesting point. Amber was not a party in the UK trial so was not subject to the same rules for disclosure of evidence that might have shown her in a bad light. Watch out for episode 2 though, in which I look at evidence which is quite striking but does not seem to have been properly delivered by Amber Heard's lawyers...