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}}[[Legal]] slang for one who is not legally qualified. May include those from [[sales]], [[credit]], [[COO]] or just randoms you meet on the street each day. Named after the ordinary punters in J. K. Rowling’s ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. You know, like [[hary poter]]’s cousin Dudley. | }}[[Legal]] slang for one who is not legally qualified. May include those from [[sales]], [[credit]], [[COO]] or just randoms you meet on the street each day. Named after the ordinary punters in J. K. Rowling’s ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. You know, like [[hary poter]]’s cousin Dudley. | ||
Could also be used to refer to those Bulgarian school- | Could also be used to refer to those gigging [[Bulgarian school-leaver]]s sitting in a call centre in Sofia with a [[playbook]] propped up on their knees as part of an offshoring operation, though where they are [[paralegal]]s, “[[mudblood]]” is the more common deprecatory terms. | ||
Great fun can be had at the expense of [[muggle]]s when it comes to counter-intuitive legal concepts like [[branch]]es, [[corporate personality]], [[title transfer collateral arrangement]]s, the basic law of [[contract]], or the local [[council]]. [[Prime brokerage]] counsel are known to screech “[[rehypothecatio]]!!” at passing CASS compliance auditors. | Great fun can be had at the expense of [[muggle]]s when it comes to counter-intuitive legal concepts like [[branch]]es, [[corporate personality]], [[title transfer collateral arrangement]]s, the basic law of [[contract]], or the local [[council]]. [[Prime brokerage]] counsel are known to screech “[[rehypothecatio]]!!” at passing CASS compliance auditors. | ||