Tag: Solicitors

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

‘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

Law student posts semi-naked selfies on Twitter in bid to fund legal textbook costs

A London-based law student has come up with an unconventional way of funding the cost...

Oct 4 2013 9:00am

International law firm announces re-brand…with help from Google Translate?

Paris-based international law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has sent out what may be the most...

Oct 3 2013 1:18pm

Exclusive interview: Founder of Facebook sensation ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ reveals all (apart from his identity)

If the Midlands-based LLB student behind ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ was to mobilise the...

Oct 3 2013 11:39am

Former Law Society Council member jailed after bizarre series of assaults described by judge as ‘of the utmost depravity’

Followers of legal news may recall a memorable 2011 assault committed by a solicitor which...

Oct 2 2013 12:33pm

Barrister crosses that not-so-fine line between ‘fearless advocacy’ and ‘courtroom anarchy’

The juicy content of the final Court of Appeal judgment of outgoing Lord Chief Justice...

Oct 1 2013 1:12pm

10 law firm ads that are so bad they’re good

By bringing in international ad agency M&C Saatchi to market its services to the public,...

Sep 27 2013 1:39pm

The legal profession’s first tweets

It’s easy to forget that today’s highly-accomplished legal Twitterati members were once callow social media...

Sep 25 2013 9:48am

Podcast: ‘Should I call off my hunt for a training contract?’

A year after finishing the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and Queen Mary University of London...

Sep 24 2013 1:27pm

The charmingly contrarian world of Grayling’s lone solicitor supporter

Yesterday Yorkshire-based high street solicitor John Wilson wrote a piece for The Times in which...

Sep 20 2013 9:38am

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...

Sep 19 2013 9:17am