. . . and Temple talk
BAD NEWS about Bob Maxwell, Voose- boot.
Terrible, Snapdriver. They broke the mould when they made him. A great loss to the law.
Yes, litigants don't come like that any more. Mark you, he was never a great bill- payer . . . Are you keeping busy?
Well, the Blue Arrow case keeps on run- ning — jolly nearly in its second year, the Temple's answer to The Mousetrap.
Are we both in that? So we are, I'd for- gotten. Who are you acting for?
The third one from the left, I think. And then there are all those Lloyd's cases coming through.
Lloyd's has been good news for us, hasn't it? You'd have thought they'd lost enough money without suing each other for what's left. We take our percentage every time. Did I tell you I'm buying that place in Hampshire?
On the river?
Yes, a bargain really, it was a distress sale. The poor chap was a member of Lloyd's. By the way, have they found a Director of Public Prosecutions yet? I heard you were applying. Me? For only £82,000 a year? You must be joking.
Well, we need someone with the right ideas. Blunderbuss warfare. Multiple alter- native charges. Nice long preliminary hear- ings to argue about them. You can always drop them if the case ever gets to trial. Keep the fees and refreshers flowing.
You can overdo it. Look at that chap Seel- ig, in the Guinness case, defending himself Rather well, too.
Blackleg labour, Gooseboot.
I dare say, but we're thinking of offering him a place in chambers.
I just hope there'll still be some work for him. Did you see that settlement the other day? Argyll accepting £100 million on a handshake? None of it for us?
Now that is what I call a bad precedent Snapdriver. People like that, cutting out the courts, bypassing the Bar. . . Anyone would think we existed for their benefit.
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