Long description

Three panel cartoon entitled ‘Never ask a lawyer for directions!’ with a woman on a bicycle asking for directions from a lawyer wearing a suit. First panel shows the cyclist asking the lawyer for directions to the park. The second panel, illustrating ratio decidendi, shows the lawyer giving her a straight answer to what she wants to know by saying: ‘Straight on and turn right.’ The third and final panel, illustrating obiter dicta, shows the lawyer speculating on a different question that the cyclist has not asked, saying: ‘… but if you’d like to see the duck pond, turn left then third right.’ The cyclist looks bemused.