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...
Chancery Lane looks like a bomb has hit it
Chancery Lane has undergone an amazing transformation over the past few days as it provides...
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...
Is it still worth being a legal aid lawyer?
Last night, at the launch of a report on social mobility in the legal profession...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
Procrastination: a jaded solicitors’ guide
Once the sheer relief of having a job in a shrinking market has worn off,...
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...
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...
The language of the legal directory: Decoded
Wigapedia reveals the harsh reality behind the euphemisms used by the Legal 500 and Chambers...
‘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...
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...
Stephenson Harwood hires ‘Huge Dong’
The Lawyer has reported that a corporate lawyer called “Huge Dong” has joined Stephenson Harwood’s...
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...
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...
The 16 most amusing Queen’s Counsel cartoons ever
As The Times’ Queen’s Counsel cartoon turns 20 — and marks its anniversary with a...
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...
‘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...
‘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...