Following the launch of a discussion paper by the UK financial services regulators, Kevin Poulter joined Michelle Dewberry of GB News to discuss the slow progress of diversity in the sector and steps being considered to promote change. The paper, Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector – working together to drive change, is produced …
Kevin spoke with Ifeoluwa Taiwo and Property Week about the anticipated return to the office for millions of UK workers as Covid-19 restrictions ease and some normality returns to towns, cities and workplaces.
Kevin Poulter in conversation with Lord Neuberger, former President of the Supreme Court Original release date: 18 May 2020 “Isolation and IT problems are on the agenda this week, though, refreshingly, Lord Neuberger is talking about life in his judge’s chambers rather than Corona lockdown. Former President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, speaks candidly …
Bullying, child abuse, hate speech – it’s only a small proportion of what is out there – online and on social media – but it can have a big impact. So how do you prevent harmful content without restricting speech or the freedom of the internet? Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast …
I spoke with Thomson Reuters recently to pass on some tips for aspiring lawyers who might be attending interviews or taking work experience. Some of this might be common sense, but it comes from the numerous graduate recruitment interviews and assessments I’ve moderated and conversations with colleagues and recruiters across the legal sector. If you find …
PODCAST – The Rise Of The Indie Lawyer Social media is giving individual solicitors and barristers a voice and helping them to develop their careers in new directions. In doing so, it’s stripping away some of the power of big law firms and chambers. But rigid trainee and pupil recruitment procedures make it much harder … Continue reading
The AWS Returners Conference eases the sting of an approaching cold snap for Kevin Poulter It was only last month that I was celebrating the innocence of youth but since then my thoughts have turned much more macabre. The natural world has changed from its warm, lush splendour to a stark minimalism seemingly overnight … Continue reading
Last week, the business secretary Vince Cable announced that more reforms were planned to make it ‘easier for firms to hire staff while protecting basic labour rights’. Further details of the consultation are available HERE. This is the latest development in the coalition Government’s systematic review of employment law since it took office and follows the … Continue reading
PODCAST – Guest Simeon Klein As he outlined in his blog post yesterday, College of Law GDL student Simeon Klein is ready to take a risk and be creative in his bid to get a foot on the legal ladder. But #RoundMyKitchenTable podcast hosts Kevin Poulter and Alex Aldridge aren’t so sure about Klein’s idea … Continue reading
Kevin Poulter fears he may soon be asking his trainees to pass him his slippers It’s not just a grey hair, it’s a wiry, unruly, thick white hair, 8 inches long and it needs to come out, quickly. Worse still, it has some associates who are less compliant in the ease of their removal. I … Continue reading
The Brompton Bar and Grill has a lot to live up to. Occupying the former premises of the post-war Brompton Grill through the Yuppie years of Brasserie St Quentin, there is a real sense of history. This is in part due to its location, along the road from Harrods and teetering perilously on the edge … Continue reading
The Tribunal reform is already taking effect. Here is the proof The Tribunal Service has just published some interesting statistics, breaking down the claims, awards and averages over the twelve months to 21 March 2012. Contrary to what we might be told by Vince and the BIS team, the effects of Tribunal reform already seem … Continue reading
Sporting achievements, baking action or stripping exploits, you should think carefully about which will be helpful in supporting your career progression, muses Kevin Poulter The calibre of trainees commencing their training contracts this month has been intriguingly high. Of course, academic excellence is a given and more often than not this still comes from a … Continue reading
When the opportunity arose to have afternoon tea delivered to the office I declared how British it would be to enjoy it with my favoured colleagues just around the corner in the still jubilant – if a little restricted by preparations for the Olympics – St James’s Park. Surely only a strawberry fool would refuse. … Continue reading
How many lawyers does it take to open an Olympic Games? KevinPoulter investigates from a particularly unique vantage point So the Olympic bandwagon has rolled, sprinted, swam, cycled, rowed, shot-put, javelined and damn well exploded into and all over town. I am presuming that no one was held up by the strikes at the borders, on the trains, … Continue reading
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