Post by Edoreh Festus (@destinyedoreh)

How ignorant can the RATels be? Do they need to be tutored that it is a long standing tradition at the Bar that a junior lawyer cannot lead a senior lawyer in court except the senior lawyer expressly consents to it? To lead here means that you are the one standing up to address the Judge till the end of proceedings, the facts of the matter remains the same. And the junior lawyer of course can as the case demands also throw more light to the case. Barr. Marshall knows this exactly. Fortunately or unfortunately, Barr. Marshal travelled to Turkey with VDM, and was not readily reachable while the countdown to the bail application for Justice Clack clicks. However, not to create a vacuum, another lawyer was consulted to lead the bail application in the event that Barr. Marshall was absent. While in court, the two lawyers were to achieve the same objective but for ego it did not end well. Barr. Marshall who filed the bail application and is the junior lawyer cannot be the lead counsel in the present of a senior lawyer. It is a simple and common practice. But if freedom and justice mean anything to Barr. Marshall, he would have allowed the bail application to be moved today and later withdraw his services, if he so decides.

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