Ostensibly this episode is about Rumpole trying to get off a man accused of being a getaway driver in a robbery. His name was given to the police by a rival family who had an agenda against him. The accused wants Rumpole for the defence.
Good news for Rumpole. Work has been down a bit because he has been rude to solicitors. You are unlikely to be given a brief if you insult the people who instruct you. Now Rumpole can stop putting up the shelves at home, although she who must be obeyed figures, if you want a job need doing, then do it yourself.
The episode is more about women and the law. Rumpole comes to the aid of pupil Fiona Allways to secure her a tenancy. The chambers including Phyllida Erskine-Brown seem to be feel she might not be right for them. Of course back in the early 1980s, female barristers were relatively fewer in numbers. If a set of chambers had one female, they might have thought they had done more than enough for equality.
Rumpole's scheming is bad news for Claude Erskine-Brown who was hoping to take silk. He gets beaten to it by his wife. Phyllida who was once taking tips from Rumpole is now senior to him.
Even the the actual identity of the getaway driver owes more to female power. It is an episode which shows how in some respects the legal profession has moved on.
Good news for Rumpole. Work has been down a bit because he has been rude to solicitors. You are unlikely to be given a brief if you insult the people who instruct you. Now Rumpole can stop putting up the shelves at home, although she who must be obeyed figures, if you want a job need doing, then do it yourself.
The episode is more about women and the law. Rumpole comes to the aid of pupil Fiona Allways to secure her a tenancy. The chambers including Phyllida Erskine-Brown seem to be feel she might not be right for them. Of course back in the early 1980s, female barristers were relatively fewer in numbers. If a set of chambers had one female, they might have thought they had done more than enough for equality.
Rumpole's scheming is bad news for Claude Erskine-Brown who was hoping to take silk. He gets beaten to it by his wife. Phyllida who was once taking tips from Rumpole is now senior to him.
Even the the actual identity of the getaway driver owes more to female power. It is an episode which shows how in some respects the legal profession has moved on.
