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Rottweiler with a handbag: legal profile of the week
10 February 2012

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This week's top legal website comes courtesy of Gillian Howard, employment specialist and self-confessed "rottweiler with a handbag".

Howard's website features pictures of an accessorised attack dog and of her looking sechsy in a ball gown in someone else's house:


A rottweiler with a handbag yesterday		Gillian Howard relaxing in someone else's house yesterday

The rest of her site reads alarmingly like a card in a phone box: "I offer a unique service... a very personal and dedicated service... make myself available day or night... nothing is too small to handle" etc etc fnarr fnarr.

But to be fair she's clearly got some proper skills given the long line of big name cases she's won. And given her galactic rates: she charges a chunky £400 per hour, which increases to a profession-topping £800 per hour if she's contacted outside of working hours (9am to 6pm). Even Nigel Boardman doesn't manage that.

Readers wanting to instruct Howard can get in touch here. Just do so before 6:00pm.

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anonymous user 10/02/2012 11:37 Rate it 0 Report as offensive it appears she also acts for dentstists, remarkable!
anonymous user 10/02/2012 12:40 Rate it 2 Report as offensive That isn't just "someone else's house". That's Buckingham Palace.
3-ducks 10/02/2012 12:53 Rate it 1 Report as offensive Good for her! But why are you recycling a story from October 2009? http://rollonfriday.com/ThisWeek/News/tabid/58/Id/332/fromTab/36/Default.aspx
Laura @ RoF 10/02/2012 13:21 Rate it 0 Report as offensive But she wasn't in her ballgown and diamonds then....Gillian Howard has laughed in the face of the recession.
3-ducks 10/02/2012 14:29 Rate it 2 Report as offensive Hurrah!
anonymous user 10/02/2012 18:52 Rate it 0 Report as offensive Bah Humbug. You want REAL lawyers? http://papeandchandler.com/
anonymous user 11/02/2012 15:24 Rate it 3 Report as offensive Amazing lawyer and incredible person... Way the go Gillian!!!!
anonymous user 14/02/2012 15:54 Rate it -2 Report as offensive It would appear she married Frank Butcher's brother - check out the link in her website to her husband, Barry. Judging by the lame comment and typo at 15:24 on 11/02/12, it would appear she isn't beneath self-promotion via this website.
anonymous user 15/02/2012 08:06 Rate it 1 Report as offensive Her home page now boasts "Gillian Howard named Top Legal Web Site by Roll on Friday". Impressive.
anonymous user 15/02/2012 13:44 Rate it 0 Report as offensive i can't access the webiste at work as it's filtered out for 'game playing' ....
anonymous user 22/04/2012 14:51 Rate it 0 Report as offensive is that necklace photoshopped too? It doesn't quite seem to go all the way around her neck...

anonymous user
10/02/2012 11:37

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it appears she also acts for dentstists, remarkable!

anonymous user
10/02/2012 12:40

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That isn't just "someone else's house". That's Buckingham Palace.

3-ducks
10/02/2012 12:53

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Good for her!

But why are you recycling a story from October 2009?

http://rollonfriday.com/ThisWeek/News/tabid/58/Id/332/fromTab/36/Default.aspx

Laura @ RoF
10/02/2012 13:21

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But she wasn't in her ballgown and diamonds then....Gillian Howard has laughed in the face of the recession.

3-ducks
10/02/2012 14:29

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Hurrah!

anonymous user
10/02/2012 18:52

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Bah Humbug.

You want REAL lawyers?

http://papeandchandler.com/

anonymous user
11/02/2012 15:24

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Amazing lawyer and incredible person...
Way the go Gillian!!!!

anonymous user
14/02/2012 15:54

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It would appear she married Frank Butcher's brother - check out the link in her website to her husband, Barry.

Judging by the lame comment and typo at 15:24 on 11/02/12, it would appear she isn't beneath self-promotion via this website.

anonymous user
15/02/2012 08:06

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Her home page now boasts "Gillian Howard named Top Legal Web Site by Roll on Friday". Impressive.

anonymous user
15/02/2012 13:44

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i can't access the webiste at work as it's filtered out for 'game playing' ....

anonymous user
22/04/2012 14:51

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is that necklace photoshopped too? It doesn't quite seem to go all the way around her neck...