Law firms and bank finance

Monday, 17 June 2013 Solicitors who want to retain – let alone extend – their borrowing will have to shape up, think ahead and be prepared to ‘put some skin in the game’ if they expect any bank to fund them in future. That is the stark message from bankers and sector consultants, six years into the worst financial crisis the UK has witnessed in 100 years. L...

My Legal Life: Jane Keir

Monday, 17 June 2013 I didn’t have a strong urge to follow any of the subjects I did at A-level – French, history and politics. I knew I didn’t want to be a teacher or a linguist. My careers adviser said law had a broad basis. I was articled with Henmans in Oxford. They had four offices and it was like working for four different law firms. On...