Early Monday morning, instead of going to work, Hobert took a horse-drawn carriage with Barton's letter of recommendation to the legal department in the West End.

At this time, there was no system for civil service examinations, and there was no uniform examination time for lawyers across the country.

A letter of recommendation from a barrister like Barton, or a letter of recommendation from a professor in the Department of Law, is required to be eligible to apply for the Bar Exam.

The Ministry of Justice has special staff and areas to conduct the examination of the lawyer's qualification certificate, basically one by one, the written part is not difficult, only need to write some laws and regulations silently.

The interview part is more difficult, and candidates must immediately determine which laws and regulations apply to the cases cited by the examiner.

However, because of Barton's endorsement, Hobert's examination process went smoothly, at least without being deliberately harassed.

This made Hobert, who walked out of the legal department, sigh: The society of the Kingdom of Rune is really a society that values connections and relationships, and it is no wonder that the regulations on workers' compensation are so vague, because workers have no channels to formulate regulations to protect their own interests!

It was about eleven o'clock when he returned to the law office, and as soon as Hobart entered the door, he was told that Miss Hugh had been waiting for him all morning.

When I came to my office, I saw Hugh waiting at the desk with rough hair, and a strange man in his forties, who looked a little anxious.

Hugh got up immediately after seeing Hobert: "Hobert, it's finally time for you, I'm here to ask for your help." ”

Hobert immediately understood that it was Hugh introducing himself to business: "Please come to the reception room and wait." ”

Hugh and the strange man went to the reception room, and Hobert went to Barton's office first, gave a brief account of the test today, and expressed his gratitude.

Then he poured two cups of coffee and went to the reception room.

After talking, Hobart learns that the man Hugh brought is named Sean, a department merchant.

About three years ago, a friend of Sean borrowed £300 in cash from him and wrote an IOU.

However, when Mr. Sean went to ask for the debt last year, his friend refused to repay the loan on the grounds that there was no repayment date on the IOU.

After a year or so, the matter finally reached the court.

Sean always thought that he would definitely win the case if he had an IOU in his hand, but when he chatted with a friend who knew a little about the law yesterday, Sean learned that it was still unknown whether he would win the case because there was no repayment date on the IOU.

On Tuesday of this week, that is, tomorrow, the court will be held, and Sean has plans to hire a lawyer, but he has no relevant channels and connections, so he turned to Miss Hugh, a prestigious "arbitrator" nearby.

Hugh still has this self-knowledge, and it's okay to ask her to arbitrate, but when she goes to court to defend herself, she knows that she must behave like a curly-haired baboon.

So she brought Sean to Hobert for help.

Hobert looked at Sean's IOU: "Your friend got the point wrong, I guess if the other party also hired a lawyer, he would definitely find a way to invalidate this IOU."

The method is also very simple, because in the legal sense, the IOU only has a three-year limitation period, and if the repayment date is indicated, the time will be calculated from the repayment date on the IOU.

"There is no repayment date on this IOU, and this IOU is more than three years old, so it would be troublesome if the judge does rule that the IOU is invalid."

Sean opened his mouth: "So, then what should I do?" ”

Hugh stroked her upturned hair, she felt like a curly-haired baboon now, for she, like Sean, only roughly understood what Hobart meant, but only that the form was not very optimistic.

"Of course, it's to break the other party's train of thought." Hobert smiled: "I already have a good idea, if you entrust me to be your lawyer, please sign the contract of entrustment, and I will defend you tomorrow." ”

Sean asked, almost reflexively, "Can you win?" ”

"According to the rules, I can't promise you." Hobert spread his hands: "I only know that if you don't hire a lawyer, tomorrow will be very passive." ”

Sean thought about it for more than ten seconds, and finally signed the power of attorney.

Because of the difficulty of this case, Hobert asked for 12% of the commission fee: "According to the custom, this kind of case will charge 15% of the commission fee, but for Miss Hugh's sake, I only need 12%. ”

There is no such thing as convention, but he says this to the delight of both Hugh and Shaun, Hugh feels Hobert's respect for him, and Sean feels that he has made 3% cheap.

Seeing Hugh and Sean away, Hobart sighed, "I've finally received a normal case." ”

From the first case of his career as a lawyer, there was a lot of abnormality, and no case could be completely resolved in court.

So much so that as a paralegal, he was a little rusty with the magistrate's court.

After lunch, Hobert first thought about how to defend Mr. Sean, and then went out at about two o'clock to "visit clients".

Hobert came to 192 Blanca Street, not far away, and at three o'clock, his vision was overwhelmed by gray fog, and the tarot meeting officially began.

This time, Hobert and the other three did not get the diary of Russell the Great, so they jumped directly to the transaction.

"The Hanged Man" Alger said to Hobert, "I need more information about the Elves, what do you want to be paid for?" ”

Hobert was stunned: "You have found the remains of the elves." ”

Audrey the "Justice" also quickly recalled the deal with the Hanged Man when the Emperor first attended the party: at that time, the Emperor told the Hanged Man that the remains of the elves had a chance to find the potion recipe for the "Sailor" path.

"I'm not sure if it's an elven relic yet, so I'd like to get some more detailed information from you." ”

Hobert pondered for a moment before saying, "Mr. Hangman, I think you should know that the elves belong to the creatures of the Second Age, and any detailed information about the Second Age is priceless in modern times. ”

Alger nodded with a somewhat ugly face: "I know! ”

"Don't be so heavy, I just want to remind you that this information is precious, you can't leak it, or you will be in danger." Hobert changed his words: "Don't worry, I'll open a payment that you can accept." ”

Because he didn't plan to trade with the hanged man with too important information about the elves, otherwise the hanged man would not be able to pay for this transaction.

Alger breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, I know what to do." ”

Audrey was thrilled to hear about some distant Second Age history! "Fool" Klein also listened attentively.

Hobert organized the language: "The elves like to eat the blood of animals in a state that is, well, like cheese and jelly, and their utensils are very different from the ones we use, using two small sticks to put food from the utensils into their mouths, and I remember Russell the Great once tried to popularize this kind of tableware. ”