Judge’s semantics protest
“I am meant to say ‘foreperson’ because that is what the Act says, but I am sorry, I just can’t bring myself to do it.”
Christchurch District Court Judge Raoul Neave’s opening comments to a jury that is about to retire from court for a few minutes to select its foreman — or ‘foreperson’ as the title is now.
Category: Observations
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