I read some useful advice that suggested bringing along two well dressed friends.
They sit in court and go through the motions of taking notes, sometimes leaving the court to "confer".
What they are doing is acting very much like the officials who sit in on hearings to assess the competence of judges, much like Michelin does with restaurants - supposedly, unannounced and incognito.
The effect on the judge can be quite profound, as their natural bias to side with the police's/council's/government's interpretation of events gets reset to impartial.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
