Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Early Monday morning, Hobert did not go to work, but took a carriage to the Legal Department on the West Side with Barton's letter of recommendation.

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

You must have a recommendation letter from a barrister like Barton, or a recommendation letter from a law professor, to be eligible to apply for the bar exam.

The Legal Department has dedicated staff and areas to conduct the lawyer qualification examination. Basically, you have to take one test at a time. The written test is not difficult. You only need to write down some laws and regulations.

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

However, because of the endorsement of Barrister Barton, Hobert's examination process went smoothly, at least he was not deliberately made difficult.

This made Hobert, who walked out of the Ministry of Justice, sigh: The society of the Kingdom of Loen is really a society that values ​​connections and relationships. It’s no wonder that the regulations on workers’ compensation are so vague, because workers have no channel to formulate regulations to protect their own interests!

It was around eleven o'clock when he returned to the law office. As soon as Hobert walked in, he was informed that Miss Hugh had been waiting for him all morning.

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

Xio stood up immediately after seeing Hobert: "Hobert, I've finally waited for you. I'm here to ask for your help."

Hobert immediately understood that this was Xio introducing the business to him: "Please wait in the reception room."

He asked Hugh and the strange man to go to the reception room. Hobert went to Barton's office first, briefly talked about today's examination process, and expressed his thanks.

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

After talking, Hobert learned that the man brought by Hugh was named Sean and he was a department store merchant.

About three years ago, Sean had a friend who borrowed 300 pounds in cash from him and wrote an IOU.

But when Mr. Sean went to collect the debt last year, his friend refused to repay because there was no repayment date on the IOU.

After about a year of wrangling, the matter finally went to court.

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

It was Tuesday of this week, that is, the court session was about to begin tomorrow, and Sean had the intention to hire a lawyer. However, he had no relevant channels or connections, so he turned to Miss Hugh, an "arbiter" who was very prestigious nearby.

Xio still had some self-awareness. It was okay to ask her for arbitration, but if she asked her to defend herself in court, she knew that she would behave like a curly baboon.

So she brought Sean to Hobert for help.

Hobert looked at Sean's IOU: "Your friend has missed the point. I guess if the other party also hires a lawyer, he will definitely find a way to invalidate this IOU.

“The method is also very simple, because in a legal sense, the IOU only has a validity period of three years. If the repayment date is stated, the time will be calculated starting from the repayment date on the IOU.

"There is no repayment date on this IOU, and this IOU is more than three years old. It would be troublesome if the judge really decides that the IOU is invalid."

Sean opened his mouth: "Then, what should I do?"

Xio smoothed her raised hair. She now felt like a curly baboon, because like Sean, she could only roughly understand what Hobert meant, but the form was not very optimistic.

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

Sean asked almost reflexively: "Can I win?"

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

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

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

In fact, there is no so-called convention, but what he said made both Hugh and Sean happy. Hugh felt Hobert's respect for him, and Sean felt that he had made a 3% advantage.

After seeing Xio and Sean off, Hobert said with emotion: "Finally, we received a normal case."

From the first case of his legal career, it was full of anomalies, and no case could be completely solved in court.

So much so that, as a paralegal, he was somewhat new to the Magistrates' Court.

After lunch, Hobert first thought about how to defend Mr. Shawn. It was about two o'clock before he went out to "visit clients."

Hobert arrived at No. 192, Blanca Street, not far away. At three o'clock sharp, his vision was submerged in gray fog, and the Tarot Club officially began.

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

"The Hanged Man" Alger said to Hobert: "I need more information about the elves. What reward do you want?"

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

"Justice" Audrey also quickly recalled the deal the emperor made with the Hanged Man when he first attended the party: At that time, the emperor told the Hanged Man that there was a chance of finding the magic potion formula of the "Sailor" path in the ruins of the elves.

Alger said: "I'm not sure whether those are the remains of the elves, so I want to get some more detailed information from you."

Hobert thought for a while before saying: "Mr. Hanged Man, I think you should know that the elves are creatures of the Second Age. Any detailed information about the Second Age is priceless in modern times."

Alger nodded with an ugly look on his face: "I know!"

"Don't be so heavy-handed, I just want to remind you that this information is precious, you can't reveal it, otherwise you will be in danger." Hobert changed the topic: "Don't worry, I will offer you a reward that is acceptable to you. "

Because he didn't intend to trade the elves' important information with the Hanged Man, otherwise the Hanged Man would not be able to pay for the transaction.

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

Audrey was so excited, she didn't expect to hear some distant history of the Second Age! "The Fool" Klein also listened attentively.

Hobert organized the language: "The elves like to eat animal blood in a state that looks like, well, like cheese and jelly. Their tableware is very different from the tableware we use. Use two small wooden sticks to put food from the tableware into your mouth. I remember that Emperor Russell once tried to popularize this kind of tableware."

Asking for a monthly ticket~