[quote=AgrippinaX][quote=John McClane]I started watching that new [i]Monsters Inc.[/i] show last night. Love it. Haven't laughed that hard in awhile.[/quote]

I didn’t know that existed! Will have a go ASAP. So great they rebooted it :)[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]I started watching that new [i]Monsters Inc.[/i] show last night. Love it. Haven't laughed that hard in awhile.[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX]Thanks a lot, I’m really really happy. Unfortunately it did, though! I should have been back on Monday, and by then, who knows what could have happened! I did share that priceless idea with security and they were game. We’d have applied pressure![/quote]

[quote=Chypmunk]'Grats on winning the case. Hope it didn't end too soon - before that new popcorn vendor could make the rounds ;)[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX][quote=John McClane]Never trust a lawyer that can't keep themselves out of jail. Words to live by.[/quote]

I just shared that with my firm and they agree.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]Never trust a lawyer that can't keep themselves out of jail. Words to live by.[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX][quote=Torgo]That's interesting. I always thought it would be funny if the opposing lawyers shook hands, hugged, etc. and then had lunch together after their trial ends. I guess there are some occasions when that happens.[/quote]

I think that can easily happen when the stakes are not as high. My case (I can’t disclose much more, at least at this stage) is the biggest High Court case of the year and it will definitely set a precedent. Also the lawyers involved were themselves under investigation, as our opponent is itself a law firm. I think they feel utterly screwed over, which they are - not being gleeful there, by the way, we didn’t exactly anticipate destroying the firm in the process. The guy who’s going to jail is one of their retired partners. It’s proper Stieg Larsson shit, if I do say so myself.[/quote]

[quote=Torgo]That's interesting. I always thought it would be funny if the opposing lawyers shook hands, hugged, etc. and then had lunch together after their trial ends. I guess there are some occasions when that happens.[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX]If it’s something milder, then yes, probably - though said ‘sides’ are likely to be lawyers who, yes, will get wasted together and probably share dirty tricks. But, alas, we are above that, as we are not *quite* lawyers.

We are worse, we destroy reputations… 😈[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX][quote=Torgo][quote=AgrippinaX][quote=Chypmunk]Sorry, I get so used to people on here misinterpreting my soh that I tend to now try and read my shouts from different angles. Bit of a pain if the doorbell rings and I'm in a convoluted position but c'est la vie I guess.

Glad you're on the winning side.

[i]p.s. We did have pizza and alcohol back in the 1990s too ;)[/i][/quote]

So it came to an abrupt end as my client won the case today. Yay-yay-yay, the other side has been annihilated! Swimming in champagne tonight.[/quote]Congrats! I've always wondered: does the winning side ever console the losing side, invite them for drinks afterwards, etc., or is there typically no communication, or at worse, an exchange of "evil glares?"[/quote]

I think it massively depends, to be honest. In our case, we have proven that the other side has been lying and bribed a government agency, also they lied under oath, which means the key witness for their side is going to jail - in earnest. Also, because they put forward a witness who lied under oath, the entire firm is likely to fold. So, as you might imagine, they might not be in the mood to drink, except Torrance-style, and certainly not with us. 

But thank you, this one was tough as hell. I didn’t think I’d see the end of it.[/quote]

[quote=Torgo][quote=AgrippinaX][quote=Chypmunk]Sorry, I get so used to people on here misinterpreting my soh that I tend to now try and read my shouts from different angles. Bit of a pain if the doorbell rings and I'm in a convoluted position but c'est la vie I guess.

Glad you're on the winning side.

[i]p.s. We did have pizza and alcohol back in the 1990s too ;)[/i][/quote]

So it came to an abrupt end as my client won the case today. Yay-yay-yay, the other side has been annihilated! Swimming in champagne tonight.[/quote]Congrats! I've always wondered: does the winning side ever console the losing side, invite them for drinks afterwards, etc., or is there typically no communication, or at worse, an exchange of "evil glares?"[/quote]