Daily Archives: October 17, 2007

There ought to be a word for it!

The more than slight irritation & professional outrage you feel when the tribunal you are in front of makes a decision which is probably the right decision but makes it for all the wrong reasons and in doing so makes no reference to your skilful submissions which you spent several hours preparing and clearly might…

There ought to be a word for it!

That moment of panic when you realise you have left your mobile phone at home but if you turn back to fetch it you will miss your train and arrive late for an important appointment so you can’t really do that and then you start running through whether you might be able to come back…

There ought to be a word for it!

That slight embarassment when someone tells you something secret / confidential assuming you are in the know (eg impending judicial appointment) and you have to bluff that you knew all about it and have done for ages because you should have done – after all s/he is your closest friend even though you have not…