Archive for April, 2007
Law and Disorder
If you have enjoyed reading parts of this blog and meeting the characters, you might enjoy reading the book in which I re-wrote BabyBarista’s first year in chambers and his fight for tenancy. It is published by Bloomsbury (of Harry Potter fame) and is called Law and Disorder. It was described by broadcaster Jeremy Vine […]
April 30, 2007
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Day 146, week 31: Weasel
Sometimes an opponent can do you over by plain, simple, straightforward dishonesty. Itâs not sneakiness. Not witty. Not in any way sophisticated. Itâs a ram raid, smash and grab and run for your life approach that characterises the very few. Well, I think there are only a few. Probably because like the ram raiders, itâs […]
April 30, 2007
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Day 144, week 30: losing the unlosable
They say that some cases are unlosable and of those that are, infant settlements come pretty near the top. You rock up at court, tell the judge the case has settled and hand him counselâs opinion saying that the settlement is reasonable. Couldnât be more simple. Or so you might imagine. Arrived at court and […]
April 26, 2007
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Day 143, week 30: TheVamp
It seems to be the week for members of Chambers being against each other. Hard to see how there canât be a conflict of interest but there you go. Anyway, today I was against someone who I can only call TheVamp. Sheâs been in Chambers for three years and is well established as one of […]
April 25, 2007
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Day 134, week 29: more tea, vicar?
One of the clerks brought a big box up to UpTightsâ room today which left her looking quite animated. Though it’s completely against her nature, when she started opening it she even started explaining to me what it was. âPomegranate tea, BabyB. Anti-oxidants. Theyâre the answer to everything. Absolutely everything.â I already knew she didnât […]
April 18, 2007
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Day 136, week 28: time wasting
Today I went to Willesden County Court and waited. And waited some more. And some more. Seems they list all their cases at 10am for the whole day and like the sleaziest of airlines count on a fair proportion not turning up. When that doesn’t happen, well, it’s just tough luck. Tough luck, that is, […]
April 12, 2007
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Day 135, week 28: UpTights' briefs
Papers, papers and yet more papers. I really canât stand sitting down and rifling through UpTightsâ briefs any longer (I hope that you’ll forgive the innuendo when you hear what a boring day Iâve had). If itâs not drafting a schedule, itâs looking up some obscure point. However, most of the time, itâs simply churning […]
April 12, 2007
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Day 131, week 27: OldHand
Went off to court with my new pupilmistress UpTights this morning. Unlike TheBoss, she hardly ever settles a case at court on the basis that âWeâre paid to fight, not settle.â However, itâs almost as if sheâs unable to undertake a negotiation, as the way she treats her opponentâs case is as rigid as her […]
April 5, 2007
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Day 130, week 27: confusion
Had my first small claims hearing today and surprised myself by pulling a victory out of the hat, although I have to admit that it was more by luck than judgment. It was a standard car case and during my cross-examination I became so thoroughly confused with the difference between the nearside and the offside […]
April 4, 2007
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Day 128, week 27: BullDog
I seriously considered calling in sick over the weekend after someone whispered that this one way of getting around the Cab Rank Rule and avoid representing the less enticing of clients. The problem was, no-one would have believed me and the damage Iâd have done my tenancy chances was just too much. So I trotted […]
April 2, 2007
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