I realise that last month’s column was a little, well, maudlin, so this month, with Christmas around the corner, the first doors of the advent calendar open and on the brink of a new year, I am eager to be – unlike Ebeneezer – the spirit of optimism, positivity and, most likely, at least 15 … 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
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
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
Should law firms charge clients a service tip to help top up the income of law students and impoverished trainees? muses Kevin Poulter over his ice cream sundae I’m writing from America, where solicitors are attorneys, lawyers are litigators and murder is homicide. It is the capital of consumerism. It is also home to some … Continue reading
