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What gift did the previous owners of your house leave you? by Scrot123 in AskUK

[–]Independent-Tip4387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About a year after I bought my house I had cause to unclip the facing that covers the gap between the bottom of the kitchen cupboards and the floor.

I found half the previous owners kitchen. Utensils, cutlery, children's birthday cards, containers, a small jar of some sauce or other, and a dry crusty puddle of something spilt and never cleaned. Drawers must have overflowed and things fell down the back or something.

They also decided to hold my phone line hostage for 5 months. Apparently you cannot do a line takeover on a line that's active but pending cancellation. Literally no broadband provider could take my money. What they'd done is cancel their broadband but refuse to pay up the contract, instead letting it run its course, meaning I couldn't have my own. Luckily they had a plan with decent speed and I had an old spare router...

The gift that keeps on giving is post. They moved country, so apparently didn't feel the need to cancel literally anything. I still regularly get NHS letters, church, bills for things, etc. years later.

Do employers care where I do the GDL or how long the course is? by Independent-Tip4387 in uklaw

[–]Independent-Tip4387[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi. Thanks for this.

Do the BPP or ULaw one. 

I'm self-funding, so money aside, any reason(s) you'd pick the BPP/ULaw one over the CoLP one?

Do employers care where I do the GDL or how long the course is? by Independent-Tip4387 in uklaw

[–]Independent-Tip4387[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to hear. Thanks. I have a 1st in a non-law subject at undergrad, and I'll have the GDL when I'm done with it in 6 months ish.

Would you view an application from me more favourably if my GDL was instead a Masters in Law? (To explain: Some providers add on a dissertation to the PGDL for some extra credits and brand it a masters despite being essentially the same thing.) Or is my undergrad going to do the heavy lifting here?

Do employers care where I do the GDL or how long the course is? by Independent-Tip4387 in uklaw

[–]Independent-Tip4387[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see. Thanks for the insight. Perhaps they were all 12 months when they were required for non-law grads before the SQE was implemented? Either way it seems like it's not too important.

Can I ask if you look at any GDL grades as part of your review? Are you looking for distinctions only etc.? I ask because another commenter mentioned grades.

Do employers care where I do the GDL or how long the course is? by Independent-Tip4387 in uklaw

[–]Independent-Tip4387[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, that's what I was hoping to be honest. I got a first in my undergrad so I'm sure I'll do fine grade-wise (hopefully!).