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What does a Wills and Probate Solicitor do?
Wills & probate is a real hybrid for law firms. There are some people dealing with private client work at very large law firms dealing with clients having millions of pounds of assets, and the majority working in regional and smaller practices...
What does a Corporate Commercial Solicitor do?
(also applies to the term ‘Company Commercial Solicitor’)
A company commercial solicitor is usually well paid, deals with a lot of administrative work, and spends an inordinate amount of time being nice to directors of companies...
What is a Locum Solicitor?
A locum solicitor is a lawyer who works on a short term basis only – sometimes for a few hours, and other times for a few years – to cover for absent members of staff.
Commonly used in local authorities, where staff always seem to...
What does a Crime Solicitor do?
A crime solicitor used to have a little bit of credibility about him/her, but in recent times it has almost become an embarrassment to be one. Rates for the work haven’t gone up in years, and currently a crime solicitor could earn more...
What does PQE stand for and how important is it to law firms?
PQE stands for ‘Post-Qualified Experience’, and is usually given in years or half years for solicitors and also for legal executives as well. For example, if a solicitor was admitted to the Roll in England and Wales in September...
Bonus Schemes – love them or hate them
Bonus schemes are either loathed or hated in equal proportion by solicitors. I recently read an article about recruitment consultant’s salaries, which was talking about the average bonus given to consultants and the way it was done.
It...
Rules for Law Firm Office Parties at Christmas
1. Whatever you do – do not get drunk. This is about the worst thing that can happen (and the best if it happens to someone else!).
2. Do not sit next to someone who you don’t like and get drunk. This can result in fights, particularly...
Why there is a shortfall of 3-10 year PQE solicitors
One of the reasons that law firms struggle to recruit when they are looking for solicitors of between 3 and 10 years PQE is because when solicitors spend 3 years or more in private practice, they have either:
a) got set on a career path to partnership...
Overseas Lawyers
Overseas lawyers have over the last 4-5 years or so found it easier to source work in the UK. We do not intend to discuss the issue of work permits etc.. as there are plenty of sites with excellent advice available on them already. With the...