DECODING THE LEGAL DIRECTORIES 2019: WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS…
It is Legal Directories Time of year. Here I (re)print an easy guide on how to interpret a directory entry, kindly provided by law lecturer John Bates. Can I also refer you to Wigapedia’s Language of the legal directory decoded:…
BEING A LITIGATOR “WHAT I’D TELL A YOUNGER ME”: SUE HARRIS – DIRECTOR AT WALKER MORRIS
For this interview we move to Yorkshire, more specifically to Leeds and the offices of Walker Morris. Sue Harris is one of those energetic people who do a tremendous amount outside their work. A litigator who works in construction and…
INNS OF COURT TO DELIVER THE BAR COURSE AT 30% REDUCTION IN PRICE (BUT ONLY IN LONDON…)
Ever since I found out that prospective pupils are told by some chambers to read this blog in advance of pupillage interviews I have felt a duty to look after these involuntary readers when I can. I have been sent…
PROVING THINGS 63: LAW SOCIETY FAILS TO PROVE IT MAKES A LOSS: “DISAPPOINTING, TO SAY THE LEAST”
The Law Society put forward a budget of £637,000* to defend the action in Socrates Training Limited -v- The Law Society of England and Wales [2017] CAT 10. The Law Society, however suffered from a basic failure to prove one…
AN INVITATION: LORD DYSON, LEEDS, 23rd MARCH 2017: “50 YEARS OF CHANGE IN THE LAW: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION”
Lord Dyson, the former Master of the Rolls, is giving the annual Munkman lecture this Thursday the 23rd March in central Leeds. There are still some places available. As always with a Munkman Lecture Zenith Chambers invites all practitioners,…