A candidate for the most over the top beginning to a press release of the year award comes from our old friends at Eric Robinson.


The Hampshire firm has graced the pages of Obiter before, when it sent out a cheery Christmas message saying what good business that time of year was for its lawyers - thanks to the increase in criminal work because of domestic violence and shop-lifting; family law instructions after Den and Angie Watts-style bust-ups; employment and sexual harassment claims because of unfortunate goings-on at the office party; and a surge in consumer rights cases thanks to dodgy presents.



The firm's latest effort is headlined 'Make way for the ladies!' 'With US girl group the Pussycat Dolls enjoying three weeks at the top of the singles chart, only to be succeeded this week by UK pop princesses, the Sugababes, another group of women at Eric Robinson Solicitors are proving that the notion of "Girl Power" did not die with the demise of the Spice Girls!' Yes, the firm had hired a female commercial lawyer and its two new trainees are women too.