Archive for July, 2010

The pupil strikes back

I felt sorry for my opponent today at least at the start. He’s a tall skinny fresh-faced pupil who looks as if he’d completely topple over if you were even to blow in his direction. Kind of a posh English version of Napoleon Dynamite with the sort of face which looks as if it’s constantly [...]

July 19, 2010 · babybarista · 8 Comments
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Monday morning with Alex Williams’ cartoons

Once again I’m delighted to offer another cartoon by Alex Williams who not only draws the cartoons on this blog but also the Queen’s Counsel cartoons both for The Times and in numerous books including Lawyers Uncovered. He has also had two more excellent books published recently: 101 Ways to Leave the Law and 101 Uses for a Useless Banker. He [...]

July 19, 2010 · babybarista · One Comment
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Weekend video: That Mitchell and Webb Look: Homeopathic A & E

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July 17, 2010 · babybarista · Comments Closed
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Barrister mating rituals

After their failed negotiation of last week, UpTights and OldSmoothie were against each other in court yesterday. OldSmoothie’s pupil was careful to take an accurate note of their learned last words on the case before they went into court and then he immediately posted it on Facebook. “You’re a stretched and gabbling shrew-faced old haridan [...]

July 15, 2010 · babybarista · Comments Closed
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The age of prosperity

HeadClerk made an announcement at chambers tea today. “With all this talk of cuts and a double dip recession, what we must not forget is that wherever there is hardship, there is opportunity.” “What? Insolvency, repossessions, divorce…?” asked TheCreep. “Yes, we certainly need to be advertising in those traditional areas. But the biggest opportunity facing [...]

July 13, 2010 · babybarista · One Comment
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Service industry

“I hate clients,” said Teflon as he arrived back into chambers after an obviously hard day in court. “The world would be so much easier without them,” smiled TheVamp. “Quite right,” said OldSmoothie. “No more whining on in conference, getting witness statements wrong and then complaining when they have to pay even though they lost.” [...]

July 12, 2010 · babybarista · Comments Closed
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Monday morning with Alex Williams’ cartoons

Once again I’m delighted to offer another cartoon by Alex Williams who not only draws the cartoons on this blog but also the Queen’s Counsel cartoons both for The Times and in numerous books including Lawyers Uncovered. He has also had two more excellent books published recently: 101 Ways to Leave the Law and 101 Uses for a Useless Banker. He [...]

July 12, 2010 · babybarista · Comments Closed
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Weekend video: Monty Python court room scene

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July 10, 2010 · babybarista · Comments Closed
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Amending the record

I gave OldSmoothie my note of his, er, case conference with BigMouth today. Basically it consisted of telling BigMouth that he should declare all the cash he’s received from his banker friend both to Parliament and probably also the taxman. However, he’d then gone on on to whisper that although that was his strict advice, [...]

July 8, 2010 · babybarista · 3 Comments
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UpTights’ suppositories

UpTights and OldSmoothie were negotiating a case today whilst they were in the clerks’ room and half of chambers seemed to be there to hear it. At one point UpTights said: “Well, I suppose…” OldSmoothie immediately rolled his eyes and interrupted with: “Oh don’t give me another one of your long rambling ‘supposes’ UpTights.” Then [...]

July 7, 2010 · babybarista · Comments Closed
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