WaitroseLaw
WaitroseLaw is a solicitor in London with luscious organic selection, impeccable ethics and dinner party skills. She is in no way connected to the irritating supermarket and sponsors of the England cricket team.
How City law prepares you for the *joys* of motherhood
One associate can’t help but see comparisons between her crying newborn baby and her demanding clients
Fifty Shades of trainee solicitor torture
Forget the book; sod the gala film opening — as Valentine’s Day approaches, wannabe lawyers should just read this
Like the Ritz, Grayling’s embarrassing ‘Global Law Summit’ is open to all
Join the Justice Secretary, some arms dealers and Cherie Blair to toast the Magna Carta
A solution to the Band Aid lyrics controversy: apply them to lawyers
As the ‘Do they know it’s Christmas’ single is criticised for its “cultural ignorance”, WaitroseLaw wonders if its message would be better-suited to stressed-out lawyers
What some deeply unoriginal sexist emails say about lawyers
An apology may have been enough for DLA Piper sexist email partner Nick West to keep his job. But it can’t reverse the damage his witless misogynistic quips have done to City lawyers’ reputations.
Who’s been a naughty boy?
Following White & Case’s recent removal from an oligarch dispute for a conflict of interest, WaitroseLaw reflects on a past few months packed with judicial spankings.
A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: The competitively-tendered trial of Lord Chancellor Scrooge
WaitroseLaw returns with the final instalment of her festive fable (you can read the whole…
A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: ‘I see an insurance company call centre and a slowly disintegrating wig’
Waitrose Law returns with the third instalment of her legal profession festive fable (here are…
A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: The Barrister Hottie Ghost of Christmas Past
Waitrose Law returns with the second instalment of her legal profession festive fable (part one…
A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol
A Festive Fable PART ONE The legal profession was dead, to begin with. Christopher Scrooge…
5 types of lawyer who are destroying the legal profession
WaitroseLaw identifies her least favourite legal personality types — and offers tips on how to…
Procrastination: a jaded solicitors’ guide
Once the sheer relief of having a job in a shrinking market has worn off,…
Does the way that lawyers are encouraged to think and work make them vulnerable to depression?
A high stress job combined with a temperamental inclination to analyse and pick apart can…
What lawyers can learn from legal dramas
As the return of hit BBC barrister series Silk nears, WaitroseLaw considers the practical lessons…
How to survive the first terrifying weeks as a newly qualified solicitor
You never forget your first. Your pulse rockets, your stomach turns over uncomfortably and your…
The male barrister hottie list ‘subverted expectations’ — the female one ‘reinforces the most reactionary of ideas’
YourBarristerBoyfriend’s original list is well-written, hilarious and has pictures of good-looking shirtless barristers. Naturally, I…
A brief history of online overshare disasters
A spate of recent inter-lawyer Twitter bust-ups (see here, here and here) reminds WaitroseLaw of…
How junior lawyers can survive a merger
In the wake of yesterday’s tie-up between SJ Berwin and King & Wood Mallesons —…
Think a pregnancy monitored by the world’s media is stressful? Try starting a family at a City law firm…
“Many law firms seem to take the attitude that once you’ve got a bun in…
The most warped employment tribunal arguments used by claimants to (generally unsuccessfully) hang onto their jobs
A recent tribunal which saw a teacher compare Jews to Star Trek’s Vulcans — and…
John McCririck’s use of anti-discrimination legislation heralds the end of irony
Legal Cheek’s new columnist WaitroseLaw is dismayed by John McCririck’s use of a forthcoming employment…