Michael Clarke, a partner at our Bideford office, has just returned from a week shadowing 2 district judges at Exeter Combined Court, giving him valuable insights into the work on the judge's bench, not only in his usual field of injury work, but in a varied caseload including children and divorce cases, trustees disputes over land, consumer credit disputes and small commercial claims; a unique chance to see not only other fields of work, but from the judge's perspective.