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Clerklife: Moving on up
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'I need a word with you ' growled the Senior Clerk. 'Oh no ' thought I 'what have I done this time?'
I'd been a clerk now for a little over a year. Most of it I could do standing on my heard; and that was the problem. I was bored. When I'm bored my mind wanders and that's when I make mistakes. Mostly little things which are easy to fix but missing a case in the Burnley Crown Court list had been a bit hairy and was not my finest hour. I enjoyed booking cases into the diary chatting to solicitors gradually expanding my legal knowledge and attending listing meetings. I was bored of the post running errands and making tea and coffee for conferences. Things however were about to change.
'Dave from Queen's wants you ' said the boss.
'I'll get my coat and pop over...'
'No you dongle!
1 He wants you to go and work there as the third junior. He's got three silks gawd knows 'ow many judges and red judges
2 have come from his place!'
My...
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