Hulk QC v the rest of the world

Hello Hulk. How have
you been since last
we spoke?

ANGRY, PUNY HUMAN.

Short but sweet. The Bar Council is having its annual conference, will you be there? Any gossip expected?

TO BE BRUTALLY FRANK, HULK WILL BE EARNING MONEY, RATHER THAN MOANING ABOUT NOT EARNING ANY MONEY.
OR HULK MIGHT BE DRUNK. INEVITABLY, THE CRIMS WILL BE GOSSIPING ABOUT WHICH CHAMBERS WILL FALL APART NEXT, AND WHICH ‘QUASI-CRIMINAL’ INCOME SUPPLEMENT THEY’RE ON NOW. SAD TIMES.

Well it is National Pro Bono Week. How much free legal advice do you think a lawyer should undertake to give?

BUT FOR YOUR QUESTION, HULK WOULD HAVE TOTALLY IGNORED PRO BONO WEEK. HULK SAY
PRO BONO WORK UNDERTAKEN SHOULD BE PROPORTIONATE TO WEALTH. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALL CONCERNED, ‘POLITICAL SENTIMENT’ TENDS TO DISRUPT THAT RELATIONSHIP.

In other news, there is talk of England and Wales scrapping daylight saving time (DST).
Do you agree with this?

NOW THAT THE ‘WEE’ SCOTS HAVE HAD THEIR FUN, IT IS TIME TO SCREW THEM ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.

But the Scots may keep DST?

SOMEONE SHOULD REMIND THEM THAT ALTHOUGH THE NUKES ARE IN FALSANE, THE TRIGGER IS IN LONDON.

A law firm has described judicial reviews as a ‘headache’ but a price worth paying under the ‘right circumstances’. What are your thoughts?

SOUNDS LIKE YOU’VE BEEN SPEAKING TO THE TREASURY SOLICITORS. JUDICIAL REVIEW
IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ODDITY; MONARCHICAL POWER
DRESSED UP AS RATIONALITY. BUT GIVEN THAT OUR POLITICIANS ARE BELOW PUNY, EVERYONE IS HAPPY TO GO ALONG WITH GRANDAD
MAKING THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

The Society of Solicitor
Queens Counsel has launched in London. Do you think solicitors have been under-represented at QC level?

THERE ARE QC PUNY SOLICITORS? STONE HULKIE.

There has been a rise in defamation cases driven
by new media. Any words of advice for those on Twitter?

NONE. IT’S GREAT BUSINESS.

What do you think is the likelihood of the Elgin Marbles being returned to Greece?

WHAT WILL SCHOOL DEBATING SOCIETIES UP AND DOWN THE LAND DO WITHOUT THE ELGIN MARBLES? MRS CLOONEY IS ON THE WRONG SIDE ON THIS ONE.

Is it right that the Sentencing Council is to focus on the
effect on robbery victims
in new guidance?

HULK TOTALLY DISAGREES
AND WOULD LIKE TO SMASH, THE VICTIM-FOCUSSED, JUSTICE-IGNORING, THERAPY-BASED APPROACH TO THE CRIMINAL LAW. WHY SHOULD
IT MATTER WHETHER A VICTIM HAS AN EGG-SHELL SKULL OR IS A HARD BASTARD?

Chris Grayling has said that the Lord Chancellor does not need to be a lawyer.Do you agree?

LET’S BE CLEAR: PUNY GRAYLING FLATTERS HIMSELF BY IMPLYING HE EVER COULD
BE A LAWYER. HIS RECENT DEFEATS WERE THE NATURAL OUTCOME OF HIS PUNY,
STUPID, SHORT-SIGHTED,
AND DAMAGING SCHEMES.
HE SHALL BE SMASHED. SJ 

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