The boyfriend of solicitor Kate Baker has weighed into the row surrounding her sexual harassment, sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal claims against Devon law firm Follett Stock.
Social media manager Tristan Rothwell (pictured left) began by identifying himself on LinkedIn as "the person she was having the relationship with!"...
"After 16 years practising personal injury law I have now seen it all," wrote Zenith Chambers barrister Andrew Wilson yesterday evening on Twitter after spotting Bradford's 'Pimp my Claim'. But who owns it?
Ed note: This is the latest post in the 'If I knew then what I know now' series, where leading members of the legal profession share their wisdom with the next generation of wannabes.
If I knew then what I know now, I'd recognise that everybody makes mistakes but most lawyers pretend they don't. I was terrified of admitting that I didn't know what I was doing when I started out and I always thought that everybody knew more than me, writes Brecher managing partner Nicky Richmond as she recalls her days working at a big City law firm...
Following on from the agreement of the partners at SNR Denton, Salans and FMC to vote through a three-way mega-merger yesterday, the firm has published a document about the "challenges of changing names". Contained within it is the gem below (spotted by top legal journalist Ben Wheway).
Most of the top 30 UK law firms have "mediocre" websites that are defined by their "dry" approach and "staid" tone, according to a survey by a digital benchmarking company. It names the worst five sites as Holman Fenwick Willan, Addleshaw Goddard, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DAC Beachcroft and SNR Denton...
For those unfamiliar with the show, Sky Sports' 'Soccer Saturday' sees washed-up ex-footballers offer excitable commentary on unfolding events in the Premier League every week. Neither its format nor its content is obviously analogous with personal injury law.
Yet Liverpool-based GT Law obviously sees a link, having commissioned this spoof legal-themed version of the show, which it has dubbed 'Solicitor Saturday'. It stars ex-professional footballers Francis Jeffers and John Aldridge, alongside a Jose Mourinho impersonator and a fake Michael Owen (who at one point provides real-time commentary on an illegal immigrant "doing a runner"). Surreal...
Yesterday at 5:17pm – a full three hours and 16 minutes after the announcement had been made that Norton Rose and US firm Fulbright & Jaworski were to merge, and the story had been dissected at length by the main legal publications on both sides of the Atlantic – The American Lawyer magazine's London correspondent roared into action on Twitter...
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