My cousin and his wife are both London 'commercial' lawyers, both work extraordinary hours even by my standards.
Having just been through a divorce and paid her costs and mine (she never worked and I divorced her) I can only say that solicitors work very long hours and charge accordingly and they are an easy target for 'humor'....
I am curious for instance as to why Clipper upgraded to a car 2 years younger, is it a question of going for the newest you can afford or are they changes in spec by a certain year for a model that make it much improved?