Solicitors turned authors reveal what it takes to get published

‘I still feel like a lawyer who writes,’ says Neil White. ‘I’m trying to get my head around the idea that I’m a writer who’s a lawyer. It still feels like a bit of a hobby.’ But signing your second three-book deal with HarperCollins, as he has just done, should help in that process. White, a solicitor working at the Crown Prosecuti...
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The Middle East: a legal goldrush or an ‘over-lawyered’ region?

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is fast becoming the jurisdiction with the most English solicitors outside the UK. The adage ‘go east, young man’ has heralded a talent goldrush as firms in the Middle East report a torrent of job applications from solicitors hoping to join the 500-plus England and Wales qualified lawyers already in the UAE. It...

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Offshoring legal work: do lawyers risk outsourcing themselves?

When City firm Lovells was faced with reviewing more than a million documents as part of a major case, it decided to outsource the work to I...