Judge lived a life committed to the law
As barrister for the newspaper accused of libelling a district court judge lampooned for stopping proceedings to take a mobile phone call in the late 1990s, Feeney found himself facing down a claimant and witnesses he’d normally refer to as “his lordship”.
Lose the case and his client would be miffed, win and people in his professional circle might feel similarly. As it happened, the judge won the case but little of the hefty associated costs so everyone involved lost something.
