A barrister's defending generous work perks for judges.\xa0
Those in the profession are entitled to thousands of kilometres of free air travel for them and their partners.\xa0
Crown limos are available for free, alongside top-ups to phone and internet payments.\xa0
Wellington barrister Graeme Edgeler told Mike Hosking that in the profession, having your spouse go with you\xa0makes sense.\xa0
He suggests judges based in Wellington, Auckland, or Christchurch would have to uproot their lives for a trial in Rotorua, as all the witnesses would live there.\xa0
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