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Smutton

“Wake up and smell the cash, BabyB.” It was SlipperySlope and he was as full of himself as ever as I passed him in chambers this morning. He then introduced me to an extremely glamorous partner in his firm who I can only call Smutton. Not merely because she was dressing a little like TheVamp despite being probably twenty-five years older but also because almost everything she does and says seems to be dripping with innuendo. Think perhaps a filthy version of Sarah Palin or maybe a panellist of Loose Women. Kind of brassy to UpTights’s classy (yes, she even makes UpTights seem classy!) But at the same time carried with a self-assurance and humour that despite everything is well, I’m a little ashamed to admit, kind of sexy. Anyway, today she stared at me in a way which made me want to hide in a corner.

“Ah, so this is the famous little BabyB,’ she purred. ‘I hear you’re doing a little pro bono for us.” I hardly need say that her eyes looked me up and down as she paused on the word bono.

“Er, actually, er, it’s on a no-win no-fee,” I stammered.

“Never mind, BabyB. You know, I’ve always been pro bono myself.”

BabyBarista is a fictional account of a junior barrister written by Tim Kevan. You can buy the latest BabyBarista novel, 'Law and Peace' on Amazon. The cartoons are by Alex Williams, author of The Queen's Counsel Lawyer's Omnibus.

 

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