 Rumpole defends Napier and Lorraine Lee who are charged with blackmailing a client who frequented their bawdy house. Rumpole yet again finds himself before his courtroom nemesis, Judge Bullingham and he is particularly irritated by the fact that the complainant has been allowed to keep his identity a secret. Rumpole meets Phyllida s pupil, Fiona Allways who assists him with the case. Sam Ballard, Q.C. acts for the prosecution and tries to convince Rumpole to join his group, the LAC, Lawyers as Churchgoers. In Chambers, it s time to choose a new Head now the Sir Guthrie Featherstone has been named to the Bench. Hilda Rumpole is disappointed, to say the least, at the choice.