'Brutal' Prince Andrew court hearing 'couldn't have gone worse' for him: Duke's hopes of having case thrown out hang by a thread after judge 'made it very clear he did not accept' royal lawyers' arguments, experts say
Prince Andrew 's hopes of getting the case by his US sex accuser thrown out of court were hanging by a thread last night following a 'brutal' hearing in New York. A judge told the royal he would find out 'pretty soon' - most likely within days - if his bid to have the lawsuit dismissed would be successful. But the early signs were not good for the Queen 's son after Judge Lewis Kaplan put his legal team through a bruising encounter during a make-or-break hearing in New York yesterday. One legal expert said that the hearing 'could not have gone worse' and pointed out that the fact that his lawyers were reduced to saying they 'respectfully disagree' with the judge did not bode well- adding 'respectfully disagreeing with the judge means you are about to lose.'
The advisers with an (even more) impossible job: Prince Andrew's legal team include lawyer who represented Pinochet, barrister who supported Charles Bronson and right-hand man 'Good News Gary' - who only tells the Duke positive news
The spotlight is again on Andrew's advisers after Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed his claim to have the civil lawsuit in New York thrown out on a technicality.
Boris Johnson is not the sharpest tool in the box.
He has spent most of his life believing that his privileged upbringing and a level of "charm" means that he doesn't have to concern himself with what he regards as the fine detail, the "small" stuff. He is likely to be judged on 3 things in relation to "Partygate".
1. Did he go to a "Party" in breach of lockdown rules, and is that a good look when there were people not allowed to see their loved ones die?
2. Has he lied to the Public (and to Parliament) about this ever since?
3. Is he truly sorry now/will those that matter forgive him?
The simple answer to 1 is "yes". However, there are technical reasons why the answer may (legally) more complex.
The simple answer to 2 is almost certainly yes. Whether people can prove that is more questionable. Oddly (at least to my mind) lying to Parliament is much more serious.
The answer to the first part of 3 is most certainly a resounding "no". If you are truly sorry, you take ownership of your own mistakes. You do not use the main speech with a supposed "apology" BOTH to say that we must wait for the independent inquiry AND to use this speech effectively to present your Defence as to why that Inquiry should hold you blameless.
Go. Just go. You shameless, contemptible little man.
Wrong thread?
Yes. Transferred it now.
Could have been worse-could have said William the Conqueror had just died
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Prince Andrew 's hopes of getting the case by his US sex accuser thrown out of court were hanging by a thread last night following a 'brutal' hearing in New York. A judge told the royal he would find out 'pretty soon' - most likely within days - if his bid to have the lawsuit dismissed would be successful. But the early signs were not good for the Queen 's son after Judge Lewis Kaplan put his legal team through a bruising encounter during a make-or-break hearing in New York yesterday. One legal expert said that the hearing 'could not have gone worse' and pointed out that the fact that his lawyers were reduced to saying they 'respectfully disagree' with the judge did not bode well- adding 'respectfully disagreeing with the judge means you are about to lose.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369905/Prince-Andrews-hopes-having-case-thrown-hang-thread.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10394651/Prince-Andrew-face-civil-sex-case-trial.html
The spotlight is again on Andrew's advisers after Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed his claim to have the civil lawsuit in New York thrown out on a technicality.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10396135/The-Prince-Andrew-legal-team-impossible-job.html
Rather than the Defendant
Wrong thread?
Could have been worse-could have said William the Conqueror had just died
Wrong thread?
Yes. Transferred it now.
Could have been worse-could have said William the Conqueror had just died
Harsh.
Birds of a feather...........
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/prince-andrew-wants-accuser-doctor-203550692.html