Solicitor -v- Barrister: Which path is for you?
If you have reached a crossroads in your career journey, where you are still yet to decide whether you would like to be a barrister or solicitor, we would urge you to get some work experience at a law firm (known as a vacation placement), and chambers...
Becoming a Barrister
What do Barristers do? Barristers are specialist legal advisers and advocates representing their clients in court or a tribunal. Barristers specialise in advocacy - the verbal presentation of legal arguments of your client's case in court or in a tribunal....
Becoming a Solicitor
The role of a Solicitor Solicitors provide advice and assistance on legal and commercial matters. They are instructed directly by clients and are typically the first point of contact for their clients. Clients can range from individual members of the...
Guide to your first term at Law school
How to succeed at law school Fear, confidence, anticipation, enthusiasm, uncertainty; none of your emotions towards the LPC are new. During the 40-odd week course, your emotions, focus, commitment, attitude and work rate will fluctuate. However, what...
Advice On Dermatitis Compensation Claims
Work-related skin diseases can affect people in a wide range of occupations. They can happen in most workplaces although they happen more in certain high-risk jobs such as: Dentistry Catering Hairdressing Health services Printing Metal machining Motor...
A Guide To Personal Injury Rehabilitation
The following is intended as a brief guide to rehabilitation during your personal injury claim. The main purpose of a personal injury claim is to compensate you for your pain, suffering and financial losses following your accident, to reimburse you for...
Claiming for Negligence by Professionals
When you hire the services of a professional, you do so with the belief that the job would be done in the best possible. But sometimes, it does happen that the person does not do his job competently enough or is guilty of not having the necessary skills...
Understanding Hospital Negligence
Most people have to go into hospital at some time in their lives and it is not an experience to which many look forward. Nevertheless, treatment is normally to a high standard and patients generally benefit from their stay. Unfortunately, however, things...
A Guide To Slip Trip & Fall Claims
Just about the most common cause of injury in the UK is a slip, trip or fall, whether in the home, at work or elsewhere. This is because there are so many potential causes, such as wet floors, obstacles and damaged or uneven flooring. As a result, a slip,...
A Guide To Work Injury Compensation
Injuries at work are variable in nature but the most common ones are hand injuries, hernias and injured backs. If you incur this type of injury, your path to compensation should be easier since their frequency means that the levels of compensation are...