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I agree that Mary Aspinall-Miles should be congratulated for speaking out.

If an advocate has done something wrong or if the Judge disagrees with what the advocate is saying, of course a Judge can and should point that out. It is how this is done that is important. In order to maintain the authority of the Court, business should be conducted in a professional manner. There is nothing professional about shouting, fist banging, sarcasm and veiled threats, which come from certain members of the judiciary.

I think its right that Judges acting in this way is very much the exception, but the fact it happens at all and the fact nothing is done about it, is deeply troubling.