Tag: Solicitors

SJ Berwin’s very embarrassing merger video in 6 animated gifs

Haven’t had time to view the incredible Benny Hill sound-tracked video made by SJ Berwin...

Nov 7 2013 9:34am

Chancery Lane looks like a bomb has hit it

Chancery Lane has undergone an amazing transformation over the past few days as it provides...

Nov 6 2013 9:40am

QC dad of Made in Chelsea’s Hugo Taylor stars in weirdest law firm video ever

Fans of Made in Chelsea will be familiar with Tim Taylor QC. The solicitor-advocate at...

Nov 5 2013 2:36pm

Is it still worth being a legal aid lawyer?

Last night, at the launch of a report on social mobility in the legal profession...

Oct 31 2013 10:08am

Bar Standards Board chief: ‘There are too many people at the Bar’ and BPTC entry threshold ‘has to be higher’

The head of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has suggested that the Bar is too...

Oct 30 2013 11:26am

9 Instagram photos that law firms wouldn’t use in their graduate recruitment brochures

Instagram — and the growing phenomenon of the law firm hashtag — is threatening to...

Oct 30 2013 9:52am

Chris Grayling’s lone solicitor supporter is disqualified as a company director after failing to pay huge tax bill

A solicitor who broke ranks with his fellow professionals to back the government’s legal aid...

Oct 28 2013 8:27am

‘Don’t giggle’ and Don’t ‘show cleavage’: Clifford Chance female presentation tips email causes outrage

A memo providing gender-specific advice on public speaking has caused anger among female Clifford Chance...

Oct 25 2013 9:49am

Procrastination: a jaded solicitors’ guide

Once the sheer relief of having a job in a shrinking market has worn off,...

Oct 24 2013 2:03pm

How to broadcast your status as a free legal work champion to the nation’s road users

This personalised number plate — photographed last week by Alex Altman — doesn’t, somehow, seem...

Oct 23 2013 1:59pm

Could competing in a beauty contest help you bag a training contract?

A Legal Practice Course (LPC) graduate who has reached the finals of Miss Great Britain...

Oct 21 2013 10:24am

The language of the legal directory: Decoded

Wigapedia reveals the harsh reality behind the euphemisms used by the Legal 500 and Chambers...

Oct 18 2013 12:01pm

‘The painful truth is that there’s a lot of apathy and incompetence in the workplace’

Leading general counsel Tom Kilroy has, over time, learned to combine open-mindedness with a hard-headed...

Oct 18 2013 10:40am

Reed Smith partner tells blogger to ‘Go f@ck yourself and die’ in Twitter meltdown

A Reed Smith partner has proved that not all corporate lawyers are really boring on...

Oct 18 2013 9:23am

Stephenson Harwood hires ‘Huge Dong’

The Lawyer has reported that a corporate lawyer called “Huge Dong” has joined Stephenson Harwood’s...

Oct 16 2013 12:20pm

Three lawyers feature in The Independent’s ‘Pink List’ 2013

The legal profession is healthily represented in this year’s ‘Pink List’, with three of its...

Oct 14 2013 8:32am

If I knew then what I know now — at the Google Campus

This evening’s event is fully booked — but any returns will be available on the...

Oct 10 2013 1:29pm

The 16 most amusing Queen’s Counsel cartoons ever

As The Times’ Queen’s Counsel cartoon turns 20 — and marks its anniversary with a...

Oct 10 2013 10:27am

Stephenson Harwood’s ‘red hot litigator’ makes First Capital Connect pay for overcharging him for his commute

Rail operator First Capital Connect (FCC) is rueing Andrew Myers’ 2012 move from SNR Denton’s...

Oct 9 2013 8:24am

‘F*ckwad’ emails led (somewhat indirectly) to the biggest law firm collapse in history

The New Yorker has revealed a series of previously unseen abusive emails which arguably set...

Oct 8 2013 10:27am

‘This generation of lawyers has been unbelievably lucky…the next will pay the price unless they heed the signs’

Karl Chapman, the chief executive of one of the most well-known new legal businesses, Riverview...

Oct 4 2013 11:27am