 After Judge Guthrie Featherstone injures his elbow playing tennis, his clerk recommends a female relative who is a masseuse specializing in massage therapy. After receiving the necessary treatment, he pays by credit card, but soon regrets it after he learns that a string of massage parlors have been closed down on morals charges. He panics after learning that defense counsel Rumpole plans to release the credit card records of some of the establishment s more high-profile clients while pleading his case. After learning of Featherstone s situation, the wily barrister arranges to have the paranoid judge assigned to the case in order to gain some advantage for his client.