The Supreme Court building in Parliament Square. A great drop-in centre when it's thirty degrees outside

Yesterday whilst strolling home via Parliament Square we spotted the Supreme Court building and once having established that there was a bit live action in progress, decided to take a quick look at the British justice system in action
The guy at reception advised us that there were two juicy actions on the go. One in Court Three related to the question of whether British Airways pilots should be entitled to more than just their basic pay rate when on holiday. We decided to give that one a miss as the thought of watching greedy pilots hassling for more cash would have been a real turn off.
Instead we plugged for Court Two.
THE ISSUE here was "Whether the Institute Defendants are vicariously liable for acts of sexual and physical abuse committed by its members who were working at a school"
THE FACTS.  "170 pupils, who attended the School in Market Weighton between 1958-1992, brought claims alleging widespread sexual and physical abuse by teachers"
The bottom line here was that 35 Catholic teaching brothers  basically got up to no good on a wholesale scale
What were my impressions as a result of attending this post lunch sitting.
First and foremost it was blatantly apparent that the four Lords and one Lady had all tucked into a jolly good lunch and had obviously sunk one or two. All five were slightly flushed in the face and very talkative.
The whole dialogue thing was highly entertaining.
And what did both of us conclude a couple of hours down the track.
This whole case appeared to be a face saving exercise on the part of the Church, their school, the school governors and most of all , a big white wash for the 35  accused
Once you got your head around the fact that no one in this particular discussion appeared to give a toss for the plight of the 170 victims of all this abuse, then the lawyers line of argument made obvious sense.
We greatly enjoyed the experience of witnessing the cogs of justice in action however the afternoon also served to remind us that the less we have to do with lawyers and courts , the better off we will be.
It was all a bit too creepy for our liking. 
I might keep an eye on upcoming cases so we can drop into one of the many "A" list celebrity punch ups that eventually end up being litigated in this particular building
That is more our style