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Go back whence you came, and take the [[legal opinion]] you got from the [[council]] with you. Somewhere, in a comfortable house in the suburbs, [[Noel Edmonds]] is silently shaking his head. At ''you''. | Go back whence you came, and take the [[legal opinion]] you got from the [[council]] with you. Somewhere, in a comfortable house in the suburbs, [[Noel Edmonds]] is silently shaking his head. At ''you''. | ||
This [[Amwell J|young, uncynical clerk]]<ref>Names have been changed to protect my identity. <ref>(c) | This [[Amwell J|young, uncynical clerk]]<ref>Names have been changed to protect my identity. </ref><ref>Foregoing witticism (c) 1995 David Frame.</ref>, working on a [[credit-linked note]] one Friday evening, due to close on Monday. He has sent out his final draft, by [[fax]], and is putting on his blazer and collecting his umbrella from the corner of the room when the telephone rings. | ||
There is a moment — all young attorneys have it — where he considers walking away and letting the phone ring, but ''this is not in a lawyer’s nature''. Our young fellow puts down his brolly and picks up the phone. It is a partner, now retired, from Stephenson Harwood, now dissolved, but not, even then, known for their derivatives practice. | There is a moment — all young attorneys have it — where he considers walking away and letting the phone ring, but ''this is not in a lawyer’s nature''. Our young fellow puts down his brolly and picks up the phone. It is a partner, now retired, from Stephenson Harwood, now dissolved, but not, even then, known for their derivatives practice. | ||