July
As summer briefly brightened up the view outside the office, Linklaters decided to hire William Hague. RollOnFriday revealed that the notorious ex-Ince & Co partner who stole millions from the firm had set up a new one and the police handcuffed a law student for giving a pound to a homeless man.
After the firm gave them big pay rises, A&O associates were left beaming, unlike the lawyer who called his client a "small penis asshole" and challenged him to a duel. One story in July outshone all others, however, with the discovery that every instance of the word "arms" in Hansard's records of parliamentary debate has been replaced with the word "anus".
August
As the summer ended, a non-fee-earner was accused of secretly removing partners he didn't like from their own firm. But that's probably not why 96% of the profession was estimated to suffer from stress. It certainly all got too much for one associate, who was suspended after it was discovered that she had been faking settlements to impress her clients.
An associate was struck off for claiming falsely that her relatives had died, in a scam she said she was driven to by her LPC debts. But there will be no more LPC debts at Kaplan Law School after RollOnFriday broke the news that it would be shutting down, in what it called an "exciting opportunity". Sure thing, buddy.
September
It was back to school in September, except for McClure Naismith staff who found themselves being sent home again, without jobs. But there was good news for the law students who took Iain Duncan Smith and the government for £1 million in benefits that had been wrongly denied to disabled people.
In an excellent typo, Osborne Clarke recommended a rival firm and, in the biggest legal scoop of the year, RollOnFriday broke the story of how the "stunning" Charlotte Proudman outed Alexander Carter-Silk's twitter comments. Find Charlotte in the Glamorous Solicitor 2015 final.
Meanwhile a White & Case partner was formally indicted for harassment, including for allegedly claiming that a secretary liked "big blacks' big dicks" in her bottom. Pinsent Masons staff learnt that they would be eligible for big bonuses, and Mills & Reeve lawyers in Norwich watched a woman do a poo in a bush, marking the onset of autumn.
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As summer briefly brightened up the view outside the office, Linklaters decided to hire William Hague. RollOnFriday revealed that the notorious ex-Ince & Co partner who stole millions from the firm had set up a new one and the police handcuffed a law student for giving a pound to a homeless man.
After the firm gave them big pay rises, A&O associates were left beaming, unlike the lawyer who called his client a "small penis asshole" and challenged him to a duel. One story in July outshone all others, however, with the discovery that every instance of the word "arms" in Hansard's records of parliamentary debate has been replaced with the word "anus".
August
As the summer ended, a non-fee-earner was accused of secretly removing partners he didn't like from their own firm. But that's probably not why 96% of the profession was estimated to suffer from stress. It certainly all got too much for one associate, who was suspended after it was discovered that she had been faking settlements to impress her clients.
An associate was struck off for claiming falsely that her relatives had died, in a scam she said she was driven to by her LPC debts. But there will be no more LPC debts at Kaplan Law School after RollOnFriday broke the news that it would be shutting down, in what it called an "exciting opportunity". Sure thing, buddy.
September
It was back to school in September, except for McClure Naismith staff who found themselves being sent home again, without jobs. But there was good news for the law students who took Iain Duncan Smith and the government for £1 million in benefits that had been wrongly denied to disabled people.
In an excellent typo, Osborne Clarke recommended a rival firm and, in the biggest legal scoop of the year, RollOnFriday broke the story of how the "stunning" Charlotte Proudman outed Alexander Carter-Silk's twitter comments. Find Charlotte in the Glamorous Solicitor 2015 final.
Meanwhile a White & Case partner was formally indicted for harassment, including for allegedly claiming that a secretary liked "big blacks' big dicks" in her bottom. Pinsent Masons staff learnt that they would be eligible for big bonuses, and Mills & Reeve lawyers in Norwich watched a woman do a poo in a bush, marking the onset of autumn.
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