Daily Diary

Kicking’s the habit

Posted 26/02/2008 by The Daily Diary

In the long-respected tradition of law-firm schmoozing, it’s not often you hear about acts of bodily harm being inflicted upon the unsuspecting guests of magic circle law firms.

However, one Clifford Chance associate recently laid the proverbial smack down on a Diary spy, whose faultless schmooze-and-booze routine was working its magic on a loose-lipped CC partner.

Worried his superior would spill the beans on the City goliath’s latest harebrained scheme to conquer the universe, said associate accused our operative of “flirting shamelessly” with the partner – before administering a lusty kick to the shins.

Naturally, our agent was somewhat taken aback (to say the least) – but not as stunned as when the furious-footed associate adopted an altogether different tack as the evening wore on, culminating in the killer chat-up line: “I have a lovely place in Vauxhall.”

It didn’t work.

In the slammer: less kick than a CC fee earner