I would love to agree with you and put faith in a bona fide outcome, and ‘joking’ aside would want to do exactly the same thing, show up and make as good an impression as possible and present the case. I just couldn’t help but feel nervous about the prospect of landing a competent judge in that situation. The fact that the guy has gone to the length of having ‘plastic surgery’, and skipped working just infuriates. I hope you get it figured out.