Kavanagh prosecutes a pornographer and advocates for a divorced man who kidnapped his son in a custody case.Kavanagh prosecutes a pornographer and advocates for a divorced man who kidnapped his son in a custody case.Kavanagh prosecutes a pornographer and advocates for a divorced man who kidnapped his son in a custody case.
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- GoofsThe judge's wristwatch does not show the same time as the courtroom clock.
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James Kavanagh QC: [to his colleaguesas they view a pornographic video in his office] I can send out for popcorn if you like.
- ConnectionsReferences Sesame Street (1969)
- SoundtracksThe John B. Sails
(uncredited)
Bahamian folk song
Ending sung by school choir
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A Family Affair
I was unsure why this episode featured a prosecution involving a female pornographer played by Toyah Wilcox who argued as a defence that her porn work was art. It was an unnecessary minor element in this episode and I presume it was inspired by the real life prosecution of porn model and producer Linzi Drew in the early 1990s.
The major part of the episode was a messy custody battle.
Kavanagh was defending a desperate father, Michael Duggan who violently abducted his son from school as he was being denied access by his ex wife. Quiet why a QC is needed for this bog standard criminal case is anyone's guess. The charging rate of a QC is an arm and a leg per hour. I doubt criminal legal aid was going to fund it.
After Duggan's release he wants Kavanagh to represent him in getting custody of his son. Kavanagh is unsure at first, family law is not his forte. The son wants to stay with his dad and the son mentions something disturbing about his mother's new partner.
Of course in real life, fathers always tend to be in the back foot in such custody cases. This one is a real seesaw episode, the presiding judge (John Shrapnel) at first seems to be siding with the mother but later decides he wants to hear privately from the son. There are several twists here with the result that no one is left satisfied even Kavanagh.
An early role for Dougray Scott who plays the mother's new and younger partner who dislikes children.
Meanwhile Jeremy Aldermarten plans to be adopted as a Conservative election candidate. Unfortunately he is too busy telling the local association what they want to hear rather than what he believes in. Not to worry Jeremy, you never stood a chance with the New Labour landslide of 1997.
The major part of the episode was a messy custody battle.
Kavanagh was defending a desperate father, Michael Duggan who violently abducted his son from school as he was being denied access by his ex wife. Quiet why a QC is needed for this bog standard criminal case is anyone's guess. The charging rate of a QC is an arm and a leg per hour. I doubt criminal legal aid was going to fund it.
After Duggan's release he wants Kavanagh to represent him in getting custody of his son. Kavanagh is unsure at first, family law is not his forte. The son wants to stay with his dad and the son mentions something disturbing about his mother's new partner.
Of course in real life, fathers always tend to be in the back foot in such custody cases. This one is a real seesaw episode, the presiding judge (John Shrapnel) at first seems to be siding with the mother but later decides he wants to hear privately from the son. There are several twists here with the result that no one is left satisfied even Kavanagh.
An early role for Dougray Scott who plays the mother's new and younger partner who dislikes children.
Meanwhile Jeremy Aldermarten plans to be adopted as a Conservative election candidate. Unfortunately he is too busy telling the local association what they want to hear rather than what he believes in. Not to worry Jeremy, you never stood a chance with the New Labour landslide of 1997.
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