The UK Daily Telegraph reports… A judge who repeatedly fell asleep during a case has prompted an appeal court to overturn his verdict.
Judge Paul Stewart, who sits at The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), “fell fully asleep not once but twice” while a claimant suing the Science Museum Group (SMG) was being cross-examined.
Despite barristers recalling how they resorted to banging their cups on their desks and raising their voices, the judge “appeared to lose consciousness entirely”.
As a result, the judgement he made in the woman’s favour was rendered void and overturned by an appeal judge.
