Your Honour, I do apologise to the Court and to my learned friends for the disruption.

Your Honour, I must. I do apologise.

Your Honour --

Your Honour, with the greatest of respect, I am privy to my -- I'm not an amicus, like Milosevic, that's then become court-appointed. I'm privy. I'm in a different position, your Honour. With the greatest of respect, I'm trying not to be difficult; I'm trying ...

Your Honour, I am no longer instructed in this case. You have the letter from --

Your Honour --

Your Honour, there are two aspects only that I can lean on. I have sought to lean on authority, given that I'm in a position of huge disability and huge disadvantage --

Your Honour, it's immensely regrettable --

Your Honour, it's immensely regrettable --

Your Honour, I formally asked for counsel to advise me on the law of contempt. There is a breach --

Your Honour, I had asked for time --

Your Honour, I will do that, as long as it's clear for the record I am not instructed today. And your Honour has not heard proper submissions on the issue.

-- I may not continue to represent an accused.

Your Honour, under the Bar Code of Conduct, under the Bar Counsel Code of Conduct --

Your Honour, I would ask for independent counsel to advise me on the possibility of contempt. Under the Bar Code of Conduct --

Your Honour, does your Honour wish to assign independent counsel to advise me of the possibility of contempt?

Your Honour, I'm no longer represented and I'm not engaged for today's proceeding.

Your Honour, may it --

Your Honour, I will if that is your final word.

Your Honour, in my submission, sanity has not left it for a moment.

Your Honour, I do not --

Your Honour, there is a pressure point between a counsel's duty to a client and the duty to the rest of the world. Lord Brougham states, and it's cited by the Appeals Chamber --

Either it's a vain threat --

-- extremely serious matter. Your Honour has raised the spectacle of counsel, a member of the English and Pakistan Bar, being cited for contempt. This is not a matter to be taken lightly or to be brushed under the carpet.

Your Honour, I'm not able to continue representation. Your Honour, I'd consider it an --

Well, your Honour, I have. I am in a very difficult position.

Well, your Honour, before that happens, perhaps let me refer to Lord Brougham and his --

Your Honour, it's the interpretation of Rule 45 and if it's just been brought to your attention --

Your Honour, it's only fair that when an issue of law is raised for the first time, natural justice, which must form all your decisions --

Your Honour, with your leave, perhaps, as Rule 45 has simply been mentioned for the first time, I may be permitted your indulgence to say a few words in response.

With the greatest of respect, your Honour, counsel is not hired help.

Your Honour, it's been served on the Registrar today in person, in front of the full attention --

Your Honour, I was talking to your court usher. I think the earphones had to come off anyway.

Your Honour, I do apologise. I didn't hear that.

Your Honour, Article 18 of my Code of Conduct before the Special Court for Sierra Leone makes it patently clear, in my respectful submission -- and, your Honour, perhaps I'll pause until your Honours get it to hand. It's Article 18(A). Do your Honours have it to hand ...

Well, your Honour, no. But with respect I would ask leave --

Your Honour, I hadn't even said four words. I was about to say, with respect, I must ask to interject. Your Honour cut me off. It simply was not possible.

Indeed.

Your Honour, I do apologise, and I do apologise to my learned friend. Your Honour, I must, with respect --

I'm grateful.

I have an international investigator who was appointed in March 2007. I have a local Liberian investigator who was given a contract in May - in May - 2007. Your Honour, those investigators are contracted separately to the Office of the Principal Defender.

Your Honour, my learned friend trespassed, in my respectful ...

Your Honour, I'm the only counsel of record. I have two legal assistants. I have a pro bono -- two legal assistants: One of two years' call; one not called at all. I have a pro bono legal assistant who's working part time in Liberia.

Of course. Your Honour, my learned friend was purporting to state that everything was hunky-dory, everything was dandy, perfect, as far as the facilities of the Defence. My learned friend is one that opened the door and said that we have a local investigator and we have an international investigator ...

Of course. Of course, your Honour.

Your Honour --

Your Honour, I will. Your Honour, I'm most grateful.

Your Honour, none of these issues are new. Mr Taylor was transferred in June 2006 and the Defence have been round the houses - and the accused knows this, has been fully kept informed - to the President, to the Trial Chamber ...

Well, your Honour, he was allowed to --

Your Honour, I do note, and I think it's only right and proper to say, of course my learned friend has a right to respond and I note your Honours did him the great courtesy of allowing him to respond without interruption. I hope the same courtesy is extended ...

Your Honour, this is termination.

Your Honour -- well, your Honour, perhaps you wish to rise and discuss it. This is not an issue of withdrawal.