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09 September 2016 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7713 / Categories: Features , Civil way
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Civil way: 9 September 2016

  • Cake not a good buy. 

  • CPR capping changes. 

  • Civil & insolvency fee hikes.

GOOD BYE

Don’t believe anything said about you in a valedictory, especially if it is favourable. I took my own advice when I retired as a full-time district judge eight weeks ago and escaped speechless through the back door of my court building, my colleagues duped into the belief that I still had a three-day financial remedies application to determine. I organised a buffet lunch for them and the staff soon afterwards from which I was naturally absent in case anyone there felt obliged to say something pleasant about me and that is where the chocolate cake came in. Waitrose had iced it with a “Good Bye” instead of a “Goodbye” as instructed. While everyone knew that I could not write legibly they thought I could spell. Waitrose has refunded the price for the cake by way of gift card without having to launch a small claim and thereby allowing me to re-order and,

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