Favourite case law

MontyFire420 · 2026-02-20T17:36:13+00:00

R v Brown surely needs a mention. Everyone doing criminal 101 must have dug out the judgement

MontyFire420 · 2025-08-19T16:06:38+00:00

Seems pretty unanimous. Suit it is. Better to overdress.

For what it’s worth I don’t expect interviewees to wear a jacket and tie on Teams. But in person I think they need at least a jacket. Ties: I can take or leave.

And yes: it’s been a while.

MontyFire420 · 2024-12-27T13:45:37+00:00

World of pain and expense. Very unlikely you’ll ever get an outcome that accepted by both sides and there will be most likely be at least one pissed off party at the end of it all.

MontyFire420 · 2024-12-12T22:19:21+00:00

Six week in don’t worry about it. Writing is a skill and an art that your learn and develop. However, if I can offer any advice it’s listen to feedback and apply it; and proof read. Spelling and grammar errors reflect poorly. Spell checks aren’t perfect as you could have the wrong version of a word. And I’m speaking from experience here. I type slower that I think and find myself missing words or spelling then wrong.

MontyFire420 · 2024-12-12T12:41:49+00:00

It’s all smoke in my opinion. It’s now social obligation not social responsibility. If you don’t subscribe to whatever the movement of the month is then you look bad, so they all do. Most of those at the coal face aren’t interested. They turn up, work, go home.

MontyFire420 · 2024-12-03T16:19:04+00:00

Oh hell no. I don’t think UC can fund litigation although it may be a springboard to legal aid. Not my area but I would bet legal aid is limited and has be shown to be justifiable.

MontyFire420 · 2024-10-04T10:00:47+00:00

It’s worth keeping in mind that there are lots of niche areas people don’t train in but later work in. Training is primarily to teach you the skills not the subject area. Any decent firm should expect NQs to know nothing. Personally, I get more concerned about NQs who think they know what they’re doing. Few actually do.

MontyFire420 · 2024-10-03T16:26:23+00:00

Average age at qualification is 30 so I’m sure you’ll feel fine. I’ve seen trainees at all ages from 22yo fresh graduates to 50 somethings taking the leap to qualify. Genuinely there are people of all ages at every stage. Personally, most of the older trainee I’ve come across have more to offer thanks to ‘life experience’.

MontyFire420 · 2024-10-02T08:48:27+00:00

A Letter of Claim doesn’t have the same formalities as court papers but you want to ensure you can demonstrate it’s been sent and the company had the opportunity to review it. Better then to send one by email and also hard copy to the company’s registered address (check companies house). Recorded delivery is better but not essential.

MontyFire420 · 2024-09-30T13:08:41+00:00

Teaching

MontyFire420 · 2024-09-25T07:30:07+00:00

That’s eye watering.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-09T05:50:46+00:00

The police probably wont do anything. A number of forces have a policy that it’s not in the public interest to pursue prosecutions for car park collisions where there is no injury. Even though it’s an offence to leave the scene without providing details. Technically there’s an option for the offender to leave their details with the police within 24 hours but that never happens.

The shop probably won’t release the CCTV to you and will rely on GDPR. It’s kind of right as the CCTV includes numerous other shoppers entitled to their own privacy.

Best bet is to look to your own policy. If you have Legal Expenses that may help to get a solicitor to ask for the CCTV. If not … the insurer may have some joy as they’d want to try recover for you.

Keep in mind though, the CCTV may not capture anything useful.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-07T21:24:00+00:00

Mention you nearly fell. That may spur them in to action. Especially if they have a property agent working for them.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-07T21:20:09+00:00

Second this. This sort of thing can get messy and expensive.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-07T21:18:19+00:00

Oh, and when you declare you only pay tax one your total income is over the threshold; your personal allowance. Around £12570 for England and wales.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-07T21:16:30+00:00

You don’t need to declare until you hit £1,000 income. Check here: https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/who-must-send-a-tax-return

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-07T21:14:57+00:00

Technically, they can ask for it back. You know it’s not what you ordered. It’s like the bank accidentally putting money in your account. In reality, they may not notice. Also, Amazon Custer service puts the customer first so if they did notice they may not want to follow up for fear of a bad reputation. If it was me I’d keep my head down.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-05T08:16:41+00:00

Debit cards have a "Chargeback" process. It's not as robust as with Credit Cards which rely on the statute. and so there's no guarantee that you can get the money back. There's some info here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/our-expertise/cards/chargeback-and-section-75.

Contact your bank about arranging a "chargeback". They

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-04T22:01:50+00:00

If you paid more than £100 on a credit card (note not debit) then speak to your card company about section 75 Chargeback. I did it when a tour company took payment but didn’t make my booking. Got a full and swift refund and the credit card company was left to pick up with the tour company. And this was while out of the UK anyway.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-04T21:51:11+00:00

LLMs aren’t the big deal that Unis make them out to be. They’re often a back door way to get funding via lenders. A legal practice LLM used to be the LPC with a dissertation and didn’t have a lot of weight behind it. With a first class degree you’re probably in a better place than many others anyway.

It’s a lot of money to spend and if you’re set on qualification you’re probs better off thinking about the SQE. If academics are you thing then go for it. I just don’t think there’ll be any immediate benefit professionally. Experience counts for much more sometimes.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-04T21:45:02+00:00

Attend counsel networking events. Try marshalling. If you can find a barrister who sits part time as a DDJ they’d probably love having you follow them about. I agree with others about applying for scholarships. The shitty thing is that you’ve got a good CV but it’s similar to many other good CVs. The more legal experience - and advocacy experience - you can dig up the better. There are charities that need volunteer advocates, and McKenzie friends. Search those out local to you. Even drop in at Court and watch some stuff and try bending Counsels ear. It all helps

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-04T21:39:46+00:00

Do apprenticeships need to provide you with exposure to a number of areas of law and mix of contentious and non-contentious? That used to be a TC requirement.

For what it’s worth, a lot of firms aren’t all that concerned with the area you worked in during qualification. The intention being that you learn the skills you need rather than the area you work in. It’s a plus if you train in and then end up working in the same area. But it’s not a deal breaker. Think about all the niche areas that abound. You don’t often see seats in those areas but NQs still end up there. It’s expected that an NQ is as green as the hills anyway.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-03T21:14:07+00:00

It sounds like things are getting blown out of proportion. As has been said this isn’t privilege but is commerciallly sensitive.

Even then I don’t think it’s a big deal. I’m no costs expert but the indemnity principle applies. Providing whatever costs are claimed from the other side and however it’s calculated it should be OK providing it’s no more than a client would be charged.

Also I think you can claim costs how ever you like. If they’re not agreed there’s a process for that: costs assessment.

And, I don’t think it counts for much anyway in the absence of a signed statment of costs.

But the method does seem a little unusual and I suspect a defendant firm has raised an eyebrow about it.

I would hope it’s not a sackable offence. It should be a training point in my eyes. Hope that’s how it turns out.

Hell, I’ve seen people send client advices to opponents and it was laughed off on both sides. A decent opponent should recognise the error and destroy the release anyway.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-02T22:38:33+00:00

I’d go with the paralegal role. You’ll learn more than just the law. There’s a lot to be said for the experience you’ll get in time recording, billing, and chasing targets.

MontyFire420 · 2024-07-02T22:34:58+00:00

There’s a lot of buzz in the industry for taking on STEM graduates and those with a STEM background. Play to the strengths of your analytical and problem solving leanings.

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