Sean Jones: It is awful news. Every memory I have of Eldred is a joyful one. In my first week in Chambers there was a spontaneous lunch party. Everyone sat on benches in the restaurant with Eldred at one end of one bench. When too many people at the other end of the bench stood up at once, it tipped, leaving Eldred sat on the floor roaring with laughter. Even when teaching impudent youth a lesson it was done with unfailing good humour, as I discovered having suggested, unwisely, that I considered myself anyone’s equal in my ability to pack away a good meal and found myself green at the gills on the sixth course in Blooms. Eldred, a huge smile on his face was consulting the menu.
I don’t think I have ever met anyone who gave as much to their client as Eldred. If you instructed him you had his full concentration on every detail of a case for every second he was awake (and that was sometimes measured in 72 hour stretches).
It was an enormous good fortune to have known him and an inspiration to have been led by him.
Sean
Sean Jones: It is awful news. Every memory I have of Eldred is a joyful one. In my first week in Chambers there was a spontaneous lunch party. Everyone sat on benches in the restaurant with Eldred at one end of one bench. When too many people at the other end of the bench stood up at once, it tipped, leaving Eldred sat on the floor roaring with laughter. Even when teaching impudent youth a lesson it was done with unfailing good humour, as I discovered having suggested, unwisely, that I considered myself anyone’s equal in my ability to pack away a good meal and found myself green at the gills on the sixth course in Blooms. Eldred, a huge smile on his face was consulting the menu.
I don’t think I have ever met anyone who gave as much to their client as Eldred. If you instructed him you had his full concentration on every detail of a case for every second he was awake (and that was sometimes measured in 72 hour stretches).
It was an enormous good fortune to have known him and an inspiration to have been led by him.
Sean
