Covenant to execute: Difference between revisions

''A courtroom in the [[Queen’s Bench Division]]. [[Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, Q.C.]] stands up to address the bench, on which Lord Justice [[Cocklecarrot M.R.]] sits, wistfully staring at a wooden panel above the gallery, wishing it were a window.

:'''[[Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, Q.C.]]''' ''(for it is he)'': If it pleases your honour, the agreement says the defendant has to sign it. But she hasn’t.

:'''Lord Justice [[Cocklecarrot M.R.]]''': Hasn’t what?

:'''[[Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, Q.C.]]''': Signed it.

:'''Lord Justice [[Cocklecarrot M.R.]]''': Signed what?

:'''[[Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, Q.C.]]''': The agreement, M’Lud.

:'''Lord Justice [[Cocklecarrot M.R.]]''': What agreement?  

:'''[[Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, Q.C.]]''' (''frustrated''): The one you are reading, if it, ahh, pleases your honour.   

:'''Lord Justice [[Cocklecarrot M.R.]]''' ''(waving a piece of paper)'': Oh! ''This'' document?  

:'''[[Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, Q.C.]]''': Why, yes sir! That exact one!

:'''Lord Justice [[Cocklecarrot M.R.]]''': The very document we are speaking of, that the defendant hasn’t signed?

:'''[[Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, Q.C.]]''': Yes!

:'''Lord Justice [[Cocklecarrot M.R.]]''': Do you, ahh — do you see the problem, Sir Jerrold?

:'''[[Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, Q.C.]]''': Permission for the ground to swallow me and my wretched client up, M’Lud

:'''Lord Justice [[Cocklecarrot M.R.]]''': Granted, Sir Jerrold. Granted. Shall we say that is lunch?

*[[Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, Q.C.]]

*Lord Justice [[Cocklecarrot M.R.]]