Tim Henman's brother has been accused of telling staff at his law firm that their jobs were safe just before they were axed. And because he has a famous brother (Tim Henman) it is being reported here (Tim Henman).

Mike Henman is one of eight partners at Cheltenham personal injury firm Morris Orman Hearle. According to his firm profile he is, like Tim, a "keen sportsman", who plays lawn tennis, real tennis, racquets, squash and cricket. However, RollOnFriday sources accused Henman of also being a "peddler of porkies".

After Morris Orman Hearle's work for insurer Admiral was allegedly terminated in July midway through its contract, the firm apparently attempted to fill the void with a new client, Enterprise Insurance. Unfortunately the arrangement is understood to have lasted for "approximately one week" before the insurer went into administration and the files were "shipped off elsewhere". Staff were subsequently told they would lose their jobs, but allegedly not before they were gathered together for a meeting in which Henman reassured them that "nobody in this room need worry" . 

"Oh, bro"

It is not known whether Henman was guilty of David Brent-style cowardice, or genuinely didn't know that his staff would soon lose their jobs. RollOnFriday emailed the firm to find out (15-0), but it didn't reply (15-15). So RollOnFriday telephoned (30-15), but after checking with management the receptionist hung up (30-30). A second call (40-30) saw the phone slammed down again (deuce) and a third call (ROF ad) was similarly dispatched (deuce). A fourth call to ask whether this was how the firm intended to deal with the press (ROF ad) saw the phone returned to its cradle at a record game speed of 146mph (deuce). Then RollOnFriday got bored (Henman ad) and gave up (game Henman).