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YOU'RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 8: "THE BIGGEST ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY SINCE HATTON GARDEN": DID OUR LAWYER GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY?

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 8: “THE BIGGEST ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY SINCE HATTON GARDEN”: DID OUR LAWYER GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY?

November 14, 2018 · by gexall · in Fork handles, Fundamental Dishonesty, Members Content, Witness statements

We have one surviving lawyer – Sarah Ann. This week she switched teams – to “Collaborative” and turned her hand to garden design, even getting her hands dirty in the process. Her team won.  This series continues for another week….

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 7: PLANE COMMONSENSE WAS JUST MISSING: ONE LAWYER GONE, THE OTHER INVISIBLE

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 7: PLANE COMMONSENSE WAS JUST MISSING: ONE LAWYER GONE, THE OTHER INVISIBLE

November 8, 2018 · by gexall · in Limitation, Members Content, Review

This week one of our lawyers on the Apprentice got fired. Law Graduate Kurran did not make the grade, he got to take the taxi ride of shame. That leaves solicitor Sarah Ann as the only lawyer remaining. Kurran’s team…

YOU'RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 6: SOMEWHAT DOWN AT HEEL: "BASICALLY - ITS JUST A LOT OF FANCY BOLLOCKS FOR SOME SHOES"

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 6: SOMEWHAT DOWN AT HEEL: “BASICALLY – ITS JUST A LOT OF FANCY BOLLOCKS FOR SOME SHOES”

October 31, 2018 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil evidence, Members Content

Our lawyers have yet to the decent thing and get fired.   Both were in the losing team this week. Their entire team got called back in to get fired. Both survived. Their fancy high heeled shoe was beaten by a…

YOU'RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 5: BODYBUILDING IN BIRMINGHAM: MASSAGING THE NUMBERS

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 5: BODYBUILDING IN BIRMINGHAM: MASSAGING THE NUMBERS

October 24, 2018 · by gexall · in Advocacy, Members Content

This week the teams were involved in selling goods and services at a bodybuilding expo in Birmingham. Our two lawyers are on the same team and this week it was the winning team.  Lawyers and bodybuilding, it seems, are a…

YOU'RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 4: DOUGHNUTS AND THE LAW:  OUR LAWYERS HIDING IN THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 4: DOUGHNUTS AND THE LAW: OUR LAWYERS HIDING IN THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE

October 17, 2018 · by gexall · in Members Content, Review

This week the teams were making and selling doughnuts.   Our lawyers were on the losing team but both survive in the series for a further week.  This is not surprising, there is a long history of lawyers, law and doughnuts….

YOU'RE FIRED: A LITIGATION LAWYER ON THE APPRENTICE 3: A COMIC AFFAIR

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATION LAWYER ON THE APPRENTICE 3: A COMIC AFFAIR

October 10, 2018 · by gexall · in Advocacy, Contest, Charity,, Members Content

Sometimes (I suspect more often than we are willing to concede) it is not the best side that wins, it is the least worst side that doesn’t lose. That is the lesson to take away from this week’s apprentice. Our…

YOU'RE FIRED: A LITIGATION LAWYER ON THE APPRENTICE 2: TRICKY CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES: OUR LAWYERS SURVIVE

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATION LAWYER ON THE APPRENTICE 2: TRICKY CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES: OUR LAWYERS SURVIVE

October 3, 2018 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

I am glad to report that both lawyer and law student survived the first round of the Apprentice.  They were not, it has to be said, not at the forefront of the programme. There was no sign of “laying down…

YOU'RE FIRED: A LITIGATION LAWYER ON THE APPRENTICE 1: PRECEDENTS:  "THAT IS NOT A SKELETON"

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATION LAWYER ON THE APPRENTICE 1: PRECEDENTS: “THAT IS NOT A SKELETON”

September 30, 2018 · by gexall · in Members Content, Skeleton arguments

This year sees a litigation lawyer featuring as a candidate in the Apprentice, together with a law graduate.  Is there anything we litigators can learn from seeing lawyers on the apprentice? After a challenge was issued I decided to follow…

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