British music legend sadly passed away yesterday after 18-month battle with cancer
As social media pays tribute to the passing of legendary British musician David Bowie, it has emerged that he spent a year working as a lacky in legal London.
According to several fan sites, David Bowie used to work at litigation support firm Legastat Limited. Needing a little extra cash, the star spent 1968 doing document review-style tasks for the firm that is still based on Carey Street, just a stone’s throw from Lincoln’s Inn and the Royal Courts of Justice.
Indeed, Hardwicke barrister PJ Kirby flagged up this interesting titbit of information back in 2013.
@thetimes full of David Bowie – surely @Legastat on Carey Street behind RCJ should have a plaque "David Bowie worked here"
— PJ Kirby (@kirby_pj) January 9, 2013
Brought to Legal Cheek’s attention today by legal affairs commentator and Twitter heavyweight David Allen Green, it would mean that Bowie was — for all intents and purposes — a paralegal.
The young Bowie bundled and copied like any paralegal. There is hope therefore for paralegals and litigation support workers everywhere…
— David Allen Green (@DavidAllenGreen) January 11, 2016
One can imagine the young Bowie seeing a future laid out in thousands of High Court bundles thinking: Sod this, I will become Ziggy instead.
— David Allen Green (@DavidAllenGreen) January 11, 2016
The Brixton born star, whose real name was David Jones, passed away yesterday evening after an 18-month battle with cancer.