We have recently emerged from a rebranding exercise in the office. Overnight, a transformation occurred: from the replacement of letterhead paper and the launch of a new website to receiving a collectible umbrella in a choice of two colours (red or blue) branded mugs, pens, pencils, post-it notes and mouse mats. Each item is emblazoned … Continue reading
Category Archives: Solicitors Journal
Frosty Reception
I’m conscious that this column is called northern lights and all I do is talk about London. I have suggested making a request for alternative titles when I moved from God’s Own County to the inner city ghettos of our capital, but I think the editor fears (as I do) about the quality and potential … Continue reading
January Blues
Christmas already seems like a distant memory and already fanciful New Year’s resolutions have been kicked to the side of the road like an exhausted turkey carcass. The excitement and pizzazz of a new year has been replaced by lethargy, fatigue and queuing at customer services to return unwanted presents. But don’t be too down. … Continue reading
All Aboard
As tempting as it is to devote this column to the forthcoming festivities of the Christmas season, attempt to answer questions such as “what do the department store Santas do for the rest of the year?” and pontificate about what misery 2012 will hold for the profession, I have chosen to share with you some … Continue reading
Training Ground
It’s like a whole new world. Thirty degree heat in October, a new ‘outcomes focused’ code of conduct, the introduction of alternative business structures and a Saturday night without Simon Cowell. Thank goodness Bruce is still on the Beeb to keep us all grounded and remind us that it’s autumn in England. It’s also a … Continue reading
Lycra Life
Readers of this column may recall my initial displeasure in commuting on the London Underground. Although we are still waiting for the predicted Indian summer, the London eco-system appears to have a disproportionate and overwhelming effect on the Victoria line (the light blue one). What was in the spring an insulated capsule of tightly packed, … Continue reading
The Real Deal
There’s been a lot in the news in the past month about Ken Clarke. Formerly the bedrock of the coalition government, he now appears to have become the fall guy – put out to provoke the public and move attention away from more salacious stories of corruption, sex scandals and driving dilemmas. It was his … Continue reading
Going Underground
I had put off typing up this column until I was certain that the world would not come to an apocalyptic end on 21 May. No, not the launch of ABSs, but the day of ‘Rapture’ predicted by Harold Camping, an American (of course) evangelical broadcaster who, at 89 years old, is perhaps closer to … Continue reading
Ready For Your Close Up?
What better way to spend the bonus bank holiday than spring cleaning? I don’t mean polishing the dining table, or even sorting out the bottom drawer of the office filing cabinet though. No, what I mean is a virtual spring clean. As soon as the unfeasibly good weather fades, I’ll be turning my eye to … Continue reading
TV Times
I’ve not been arrested. I’m not corresponding from a cold damp rent-free cell. Nor do I have a couple of pots of Fortnum & Mason’s jam – sorry, conserve – in my larder plundered from the famous store, sadly. The reason for all these circumstances is that I was unable to join the thousands marching … Continue reading
Kevin Poulter 