Taking the piss
Management at Gloucester and Cheltenham County Court and Family Court have been forced to close the toilets in their advocates’ lounge — due to what they describe in an official notice as “continued misuse”.
A sign (pictured above) has appeared recently on the toilet door informing lawyers that they can no longer be trusted to use the facilities.
The notice — from the court’s delivery manager, Mrs L. Overbury — directs lawyers to use the public toilets in the court’s foyer from now on.
A crafty cigarette, a financially-strapped pupil using it as a bedsit, or even a dirty protest over impending legal aid cuts, Legal Cheek can only speculate as to what “continued misuse” refers to…
