‘The moment an Englishman opens his mouth, another Englishman despises him.’ – Henry Higgins in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.

In a publication entitled Interlocutory Applications before Queen’s Bench Masters, Senior Master Turner gives advice to young solicitors on how to successfully make applications and attend hearings on interlocutory matters. Most of the advice is an extremely useful guide to the accepted norms for presenting oral arguments and addressing a Master.