Thursday, November 28, 2013

Small World

My wife and I took tea at the Savoy yesterday, as one does.

(The afternoon tea was a birthday present from my son and his fiancée, and very nice it was too).

During the couple of minutes that the doorman took to (literally) whistle up a taxi, I did a double take as a white haired gent strode towards the entrance. Could it be? Yes, it was none other than The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd.


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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous28 November 2013 at 15:24

    I guess the question is, how did he know you would be there and sort out his diary to make sure he didn't miss you?

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  2. Bystander 28 November 2013 at 18:43

    Does he take my calls? Does he answer my emails? (sniff!!)

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  3. Also29 November 2013 at 12:39

    And who is sitting in Nottingham this morning as the Court of Appeal ventures outside London, and is allowing the proceedings to be broadcast.




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  4. Joshua Rozenberg29 November 2013 at 12:48

    Lord Thomas was at a dinner given by Herbert Smith Freehills for the FA Mann lecturer, Lord Macdonald of River Glaven QC. Thomas had chaired the lecture earlier. It was a very good dinner.

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  5. Bystander 29 November 2013 at 17:33

    Thanks for that, Mr. R. I am glad that you enjoyed the dinner.

    I recall that you interviewed me for Radio 4 a few years back

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    1. Joshua Rozenberg30 November 2013 at 17:07

      And very good you (or your "team") were. Dinner at the Savoy once a year is one of the many burdens we legal hacks have to put up with the bring you the news...

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  6. Andrew T29 November 2013 at 18:28

    That's the trouble with the Savoy these days, you have to mix with these dubious lawyer-Johnnies . . .

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  7. Northerner2 December 2013 at 11:03

    What an incestuous bunch legal people are. I preferred The Savoy when Richard Harris was a permanent guest and used to play rugby in The Grill with Irish cronies who slept in doorways on The Strand. The place is clearly going to the dogs.

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