‘Bouncy castles created by lawyers, run by barristers’, says judge

A senior judge said yesterday that he believes “bouncy castles were created by lawyers and supervised by barristers”.

President of the Circuit Court, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, made his comment at a case in which he approved a €6,624 award for seven-year-old Aimee Turner, who lost a front tooth in an accident on a bouncy castle in 2010.

In his opening remarks at Ennis Circuit Court, Mr Justice Groarke said: “I think myself that bouncy castles were created by lawyers and supervised by barristers. It does seem to me that they seem to be extraordinary common grounds for difficulty.