Year 2, week 33: the all-rounder
Overheard a very revealing conversation at lunch today between OldSmoothie and another barrister who was obviously his opponent on a case he was doing. âYouâre in TheVampâs chambers, arenât you?â the opponent asked.
âThatâs right,â chuckled OldSmoothie. âEveryone knows TheVamp.â
âYouâre not wrong there, and legend has it that there are even a few who donât know her intimately.â
âNot that Iâve met any myself.â
âYouâre right. Nor me.â
âYes, what was it the legal directory said this year? âHas quickly gained a reputation as an all-rounder.ââ
âYes, that one certainly did the rounds.â
They both chuckled. âSo how long did you have the pleasure?â asked OldSmoothie.
âLonger than most, actually. As I remember it, a whole weekend. How about you?â
âLanded her as my pupil for a month, so, you can imagineâŚâ
âA month?â
âWell, there were a few of us vying to be her pupilmaster after we met her at the pre-pupillage drinks. So rather than limit it to two lots of six months, we divided her time twelve ways.â
âNice.â
All of which chit chat led to OldSmoothie making a settlement offer which his opponent agreed to without even a hint of getting back to his client.
May 13, 2008
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