Couldn’t help but wonder what Dan Hull would have made of this story (via the excellent Inner Temple news site) about a lesbian stalker who is now detained under the Mental Health Act after harassed a chick solicitor.
Ms (and she is surely a ‘Ms’) McGrath was initially a client of the Johnson Partnership in Nottingham. She then began phoning following and writing to Miss Eardley for a prolonged period, culminating in her hiding behind the curtains at Ms Eardly’s house where she was found wrestled to the ground by a passing boyfriend and then arrested.
One hates to say it but one can’t help feeling that it may actually be Ms Eardley at fault here. Clearly a vulnerable client did not receive the sort of no-limits ‘Balls to the Wind’ client care that WAC? would have provided. Geeklawyer speculates that the correct approach would have been for Ms Eardley to provide a lesbian solicitor to cater to Ms McGrath’s ‘needs’. And for goodness sake, think of the billable hours here: how many letters & phone calls at £x/hour? The behind the curtains incident would surely count as a conference with a massive antisocial hours uplift?
Frankly, Ms McGrath’s assertion that: ’ “She’s a rubbish solicitor. She’d be better off working in the Co-Op.” ’ may have some substance. Those lost billables will hopefully be reflected in her annual bonus.
What prey tell do you mean by and “she is surely a ‘Ms’”? I’m a Ms, I made the decision when I was quite young (must have been yesterday) that I didn’t want any title to pronounce my marital status (or lack thereof).
Personally I believe men should be Mr and women Ms, unless said person has some other higher title, in which case their title should be ‘attention seeking’ or ‘freak,’ as in freak McGrath or attention seeking Eardley. Or was it the other way around?
Yay to lesbo stalkers, yay to women infiltrating previously male dominated positions of power in society. Anyway, a woman is, regardless of her marital status and also, smash the patriarchy.
But if you call a woman ‘Ms’ how is a fellow to know that she is potentially available for a good rogering, and not already owned?
Womem who choose to call themselves ‘Ms’ after marriage are generally a bit uppity and not worth the maintenance costs in my experience. As an authorised stalker you are an obvious exception.
Obviously.
Also, you know that the only reason (besides you being a dream boat) I choose to stalk is that feminist paradigm shifting, barrier breaking, subversive action stuff. So its not so much creepy as an extremely valid political statement. I know, cool huh!
Ms Robinson is a Ms but she is not THAT sort of Ms..she just thought that Mrs R would not be right and make her into the kind of predatory older woman she most definitely is not. As you well know, Ms R is evidence that babelocity can exist after 35.
MsR is an exception to anything on this blog that could be construed as criticism.
I simply cannot imagine the small matter of marital status getting in the way of GL’s enormous appetite for all things bedroom gymnasticy!
Jeez you think being married to a MS is bad, try a Dr *Sigh*
A passing boyfriend? How lucky!
BarMaid,
Whilst marital status may not stand in the way of our dearest Geek, matters such as age, physical appearence, intelligence ( or lack of) colour of hair and eyes, as well as cup size and leg length, are extremely important.
In other words unless you are a Blonde Blue Eyed Size Zero, with Legs Up to Her Neck,Artificially Inflated Bosoms,and the IQ of an Amoeba ( since our Lord and Master does not wish to be challenged intellectually at the end of a busy day in chambers), forget it!
IQ in a bed warmer is hugely important one likes to discuss the news of the day after a long dirty sex session. And blond is nice nut brunette is fine too but a carrot top is a no-no. Other than that you are spot on.
Ah, that stuff happened all the time when I was dumb enough to represent individuals and small biz. You just say: “OK, fine, kill yourself.” Works no matter what she/he/it does. Do get paid first.
“OK, fine, kill yourself.” .
A classy response, I’d have said the same. Have you been stealing my practice notes?
That really happened; you need to be prepared. You in town (London) Sept. 1–3? I will be there rescuing a Magic Circle client for relocation to Hull-McGuire Triangle, where it will stay forever. And I could care less if that firm reads this.
Will show you the London Stone on Cannon Street…near Bank of China. CQC is invited, too. Drinks, coffee, short, sweet. What say you?
I am in town Sept 1–3. Will email you off blog. Might try to persuade Ruthie to come. Assuming she isn’t on some tedious criminal trail. Will email you off blog.
Me, I’d have handed here a knife and a towel and told her not to get blood on the carpet as an associate would have to waste valuable billable hours cleaning it.