Perfectly understandable approach Tony, although if you did it in my court I would expect an advocate to invite me to instruct you to answer as the question is not obtuse and is capable of being understood. Whether it's an approriate question to ask is of course another matter, which would depend upon the circumstances of the individual case. In general I can't see the grounds for an objection to a question asked of a witness 'did you go to....to do........' if it is germain to the matter before the court. If you were asked 'did you go to the Lion public house on Friday 13th of May' you could hardly claim not to understand the question, it's a yes/no answer, which is where i came in.

Thanks to you (and everyone) for your advice. I attended court on the day -got there at 9am, he didn't appear and at 1pm a court official came and told us that a court bailiff had been to his home to find out what was going on.

He claims he was too ill to attend - but didn't ring the court to say this! The case has been adjourned for another date to be set. He has been instructed by the court to provide a doctor's note for the day and a prognosis from the doctor as to when he will be fit enough to attend court.

It seems to be more mind games that he is playing with me and the other witness to shake our confidence - its not working and I won't let it!

Thanks again everyone - I went into court feeling very confident and even light in mood, had a laugh with the witness care people, at his expense of course. I felt fine on the day.

Cheers
Suzy.

Good for you Suzy, I'm glad we were able to help. Good luck for the future.