Conall Patton on acting for Hewlett Packard against Mike Lynch
Mastering the complex expert evidence on valuation — well over a thousand pages. This went to the heart of what Autonomy would have been worth, absent any fraud.
Taking on cases through Advocate, the Bar's pro bono charity. Securing compensation for an individual on the brink of losing his home was as rewarding as any high-profile case. Despite being in the right, without legal representation he would probably have lost.
Pippa Rogerson [a law professor at the University of Cambridge], who combines a high-flying career as a legal academic with intense pastoral concern for the success of her students. I would not have come to the Bar without her encouragement.
See a vocal coach — days in court had left me sounding hoarse and raspy. A strong, clear voice is an essential tool of the trade.
En route to the Supreme Court, my trousers split down the seam. Fortunately, it was a robed hearing and my gown spared my blushes.
The best: exposing a witness as untruthful through sustained cross-examination. The worst: the knot in my stomach just before a new trial begins.
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