Palm class at the Royal Courts of Justice

Finally, after weeks of hard work, Palm went on the trip to the a Royal Courts of Justice. Entering the magnificent building we were met with security. We knew from here what a serious place this was. It was similar to an airport where you had to walk through metal detectors snd the teachers had to put their bags through the X-ray machines.

We were surprised that the courtroom was quite small compared to what we were expecting, but this was because the courtroom we were in was a civil court, not a criminal court. We found out that Apple and Samsung had an on going trial as Apple sued Samsung fir copying their iPad.

We then got to conduct our trial which we had previously written about Nathaniel. Nathaniel was a real life person who joined a gang and was present when they robbed a newsagents. Although he did threaten the shop keeper, he was present, which meant that he was involved and was arrested for robbery.

The jury found him not guilty. Although afterwards we were told we should listen to the evidence and not go with gut feeling. We were shocked to find that you do not always have to be the actual person to do a crime to be convicted of one!

Later we met a special guest, Alison a Judges clerk. She showed us the beautiful clothes judges wears at ceremonies. We couldn't believe that his clothes were worth £60,000 and his wig £2,000.