This blog’s karma cycle appears to run at 36 hours.
Item 1: I post about the general confusion between costs billed and compensation awarded on 11 April. At 5.28 today (Friday) a prospective client call is put through. Amongst other things, the caller wants to rant about how much their previous firm billed on a case, and rant and rant. Yes, they did have a public funding certificate, yes there was a statutory charge on their damages which sounded pretty minimal. Very foolishly, I tried to explain the separation of costs and compensation (and that minimum costs to trial were c. £5K to £7.5K and… and…). No, they were convinced that they were a cash cow and hadn’t been treated right.
There might have been a valid disrepair claim in there somewhere, but they refused to talk about any details. Bye bye.
Never answer a prospective client call at any time after 5.20 pm on a Friday. What sane person would expect full attention at that time? It can only be karma calling, to make sure I missed my usual train.
Item 2: Pupilblog posts a comment on ‘Ring out wild bells’ below on 11 April suggesting pupilblog may be drawing to a close. Today Pupilblog declared it to the world, to universal dismay.
Thankfully, the karmic curse of Nearly Legal faded quickly enough for Pupilblogger to immediately carry on posting. But best wishes for the alternative blawg future that apparently beckons.
Congratulations on getting the TC! Two years of hard graft await.
Thanks, Beefeater. Graft indeed, but less photocopying and more litigation than your city trainees, much more fun.