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In these pages, readers will delight in Geoffrey Bentwood QC, who specialises in boring his clients to death, while not-so-secretly longing to be promoted to the bench; his sidekick, Edward Longwind, who takes lessons in pomposity from Sir Geoffrey; Richard Loophole of Loophole and Fillibuster who does his best to bankrupt his clients, while working his associates to death and pretending to remember some of the law he learned at school; and at the mercy of all of them is the luckless Mr Sprocket, the endlessly unsuccessful litigant whose lawyers will not rest until they have spent all of his money. 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The authors were Alex Williams and Graham Defries, two young lawyers determined to make fun of the legal profession even as they attempted to climb its greasy pole. The strip soon settled on a handful of key characters: Sir Geoffrey Bentwood QC, Head of Chambers at 4 Lawn Buildings, a study in pomposity and all-round Master of the Legal Universe; Richard Loophole, ambulance chaser and senior partner at Filibuster and Loophole; and Rachel Underwood, oppressed associate who never quite makes partner no matter how good her work is. The strip has been published continuously in The Times ever since. Collected here for the first time is the author's personal selection of the very best cartoons over the past 20 years, showing that, despite all the changes in the legal profession in over two decades - nothing much has really changed. 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Lawyers affect the lives of us all, whether through buying a house, getting a divorce, making a will -- or being forced to sit next to one at a dinner party. This book is for everyone who wants to get their own back.  Queen's Counsel is the successful strip cartoon which appears every Tuesday in the law pages of The Times. Its good-natured satire on lawyers and the legal system has made it compulsory reading among members of the legal profession.  The Best of Queen's Counsel brings together the funniest and most popular moments of Steuart and Francis's continuing saga of life among the tennants of 4 Lawn Buildings: head of chambers Sir Geoffrey Bentwood; aspiring head of chambers Edward Longwind; idealistic, downtrodden pupil barrister Helena; and solicitor Richard Loophole.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572183605521,"sku":"GOR001630745","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53177074286865,"sku":"GOR005746895","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0723010714.gif?v=1750700884"},{"product_id":"101-ways-to-leave-the-law-book-alex-steuart-williams-9781906779603","title":"101 Ways to Leave the Law","description":"101 Ways to Leave the Law is a new collection of cartoons from Alex Steuart Williams, cartoonist, animator and author of The Times' weekly cartoon strip, Queen's Counsel. This latest book is a funny, subversive take on every lawyer's secret fantasy - dumping the law for a new life. And what's the best way to do that? Why not tell the judge what you really thought of his ruling? Or explain to your client how his fees are really spent? Or why not draft a document in plain English that people really could read, and even understand? Writing an email - why not send the unedited version? Or how much can you 'dress down' on 'be casual' Fridays? For every lawyer who's ever wanted to ditch their career and run away (and that's most of them) this book is a passport to a guaranteed stylish exit. 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