Wellbeing is high on the list of everyone’s priorities in the legal profession, with one aspect often criticised being the unreasonable Friday afternoon deadlines set by courts for filing documents.

So spare a thought for lawyers in Washington DC involved in a dispute over attorney-client privilege relating to advice given to former president Donald Trump.

Judge Beryl Howell ruled on Friday that Trump’s lawyer Evan Corcoran should appear before a grand jury investigating an inquiry over classified documents.

Reports overnight stated that an appeals court panel had temporarily blocked that order but ordered that the appellants would be given until midnight to file their documents, with prosecutors required to file a response by 6am.

Clearly the wheels of justice turn pretty quickly in these type of cases, though it seems extreme to give one party six hours through the night to put a case together. We hope they’ve stocked up on Pro Plus and Red Bull for that all-nighter.

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