The legal profession is not famed for a temperate stance towards alcohol. In 1859, Charles Dickens observed that the law is “certainly not behind any other learned profession in its Bacchanalian propensities”.

Occasionally, trouble related to a drunken lawyer comes before the courts. In an unusual drama, Jennifer Gaubert, a lawyer in New Orleans, now features in both criminal and civil cases arising from drunken conduct in a taxi cab on April 6, 2012.

After an evening drinking with friends, Ms Gaubert got into the taxi of Hervey Farrell. In an interview with the paper The Times-Picayune, Ms Gaubert later

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