Hi everyone,
It's been a whirlwind of a day!
I was in the office by 8:30 and made the necessary phone calls to get instructions for the mention and hearing that were on this morning, plus to get a briefing from one of my colleagues on a couple of appearances he needed me to tackle this morning as well. Then, down to Court. I tackled the mentions no problem, then turned to the hearing we had on. The following 5 hours or so were a blur of negotiation between the insurer, the barrister and my boss. Obviously I can't disclose details, but I emerged having fulfilled our instructions despite some obstruction which could only be managed by me actually discovering I had some steel in my spine. This was a frankly astonishing discovery - usually I'm not the strongest willed person on earth, for my sins. But I managed this pretty well. In hindsight, I would have done one or two things differently, but nothing major. So, how 'bout that? The thing is, it was a set of activities I could never have managed when I began with the firm, so I'm kind of pleased about that.
The balance of the day was straightforward. A couple of fairly intense case reviews with my boss, plus a bit of catch-up work after quitting time. The after hours work was a bit hampered when I accidentally locked myself out of the office when I went to the toilet. It took me a solid 45 minutes to track one of the cleaners down to let me in!
Hmm, this entry doesn't really convey what a blur of activity today actually was. Sorry. I'm afraid I don't have a great deal else to report. Well, apart from that a file I didn't think was going to settle anytime soon may now settle inside a fortnight - at about 6pm the plaintiff's solicitors sent me a fax saying they're not going ahead with an appeal they'd been considering. So that's another file we can get a bill out for pronto.
OK, I guess that's all for now. Hope your days are going well.
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