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Grad-watch 2006: keeping up with Ms Jones
2/11/2006
More fun and games today from the hotbed of iconoclastic rhetoric that is Linklatersgraduates.co.uk. Last week we heard how firebrand blogger and Silk Street trainee Susannah Jones stuck it to ‘the Man’ by revealing how much time her principal invests...Single white (& Case) female
6/11/2006
One Diary spy last week got more than she bargained for when a flat-hunting mission in trendy northwest London revealed a chilling glimpse into the reality of associate life at an hours-conscious US firm. The current tenant, a junior lawyer...Touching the void
8/11/2006
Shock research this month from the bean-counters extraordinaire at Grant Thornton reveals a worrying new trend that could make firms across the City rue letting that chap in litigation into the partnership a few years ago. According to the accountancy...Patently insane
10/11/2006
There were disconcerting signs last week that intellectual property lawyers and judges across Europe might finally agree on the future of a unified patent court – with the European Patent Lawyers Association playing a key role in thrashing out the...Jack the nipper
13/11/2006
For those readers who felt an unexplained surge of inner joy early last week, The Diary can now exclusively reveal that there is one more Knowles in the world! That’s right, Sir Nigel was celebrating the arrival of his latest...Drowning in Spital
14/11/2006
Allen & Overy (A&O) sealed its long-awaited move to Spitalfields last month, finally giving partners something else to talk about other than how effective its revolutionary package of associate bribes is proving. “The office is so light,” marvelled one partner...LawSoc's double jeopardy
17/11/2006
The Law Society was in top form once again this week, swinging into action to respond decisively to the Government’s new legislative programme, of which the Legal Services Bill is a key plank. Not that the Bill got much of...Bevan Brittan's balloon buffoons
21/11/2006
Bevan Brittan was last week pulling the stops out in the latest example of lawyers doing what they do best – jaw-droppingly inane stunts for charity. The Bristol behemoth had associates on their hands and knees after their recent associate...The voice of God
22/11/2006
It is widely accepted of leadership that what you say is often less important than how you say it – a view evidently subscribed to at the London arm of Weil Gotshal & Manges. The Diary can now exclusively reveal...Conflicts of inquest
23/11/2006
It has been a long time since The Diary felt moved to launch a special investigation. Keen readers will remember the last such occasion, when your faithful correspondent authored a special report on shameful photo-trickery and vote-rigging in a web-poll...Badge of honour
27/11/2006
Briefs were in a twist earlier this month as solicitors were banned from wearing Law Society ‘What Price Justice?’ campaign badges – distributed free as part of the society’s opposition to the planned reforms of legal aid – in magistrates’...St Francies of the City
29/11/2006
Two pop culture icons came face to face this month as Ground Force chief dirt-shifter Tommy Walsh met Mike Francies, star of US legal sitcom Weil Gotshal & Manges. Walsh – clearly in awe of his more glamorous companion –...Legal Week Awards 2006: Diary special
30/11/2006
The bunting has been packed away, the band finally silenced and this morning’s hangovers downgraded from ‘life threatening’ to ‘critical’. Yes, the long-awaited Legal Week Awards are over for another year. The most dazzling stars in the legal firmament (or...
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