Tag: Solicitors

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.

Not only did yesterday's London Legal Walk raise over £500,000 for legal advice charities, but it also produced a host of delightful visual moments.

City law firm confirms Nick West is being investigated as part of the sexist email scandal that has engulfed FA chief Richard Scudamore.

Activist and campaigner Mohammed Ansar is probably regretting claiming to be a qualified lawyer.

Is law destined to go the way of the discount carpet industry? Viz thinks so.

Could better drafting have avoided unseemly dispute which graced yesterday's tabloids?

Astounded disabled trainee solicitor tweets photos of law school's building access "solution".

The judgment on the case that threatens to derail the government's legal aid cuts has been "reserved", with the judges hoping to rule within a "short space of time". Here is what has happened so far.

"My dad, a lawyer, gave this to me," writes Imgur user 'Swedishish'. "He had it for years but told me he never had the courage to wear it in court."

Following the recent further spate of Mitchell-related decisions, it has been determined after careful study of the ratio in each ruling that judges are simply making this stuff up as they go along.

Junior corporate lawyer Sebastiano Paù-Lessi is representing Switzerland as his whistling fiddler alter ego "Sebalter".

'Square Meal, Square Mile' details solicitor's unhappiness during TC at top 10 City outfit.

Survey of City solicitors finds that they are at their most creative while showering.

Because it's important that other road users know you're a lawyer.

Exclusive: New legal market entrant to take on first ever trainees after being granted Alternative Business Structure (ABS) license.

How best to present yourself to potential employers through a laptop camera.

Leeds law firm Blacks hires Match of the Day pundit Robbie Savage and publishes "direct line" to ex-Premiership star on its website.

Exclusive: DWF becomes the first big UK law firm to incorporate video into its training contract interview process.

Amazingly, these law firms are all real.

An oldie but a goodie to exacerbate ease the pain of returning to work from the Easter bank holiday — or, in the case of revision-swamped law students, not having a bank holiday at all.

Hot arrogant scum: The British public's view of solicitors, barristers and law students is rather confused.