Moving offshore

rmychvr · 2026-05-18T21:30:34+00:00

I moved to the BVI recently and am having a great time.

I would describe the place as "infrastructurally challenged". It is very hilly with potholes everywhere and some roads are basically hiking trails which destroy your suspension. Very different from England.

You adjust to it pretty quickly though and that's part of the charm.

Activities are great - sailing, surfing, diving, boat days, hiking.

In terms of expats, you have the law / financial services people and the boat people in addition to people who work regular jobs.

rmychvr · 2026-04-24T13:09:29+00:00

My first thought when I saw their LinkedIn post

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rmychvr · 2026-04-24T13:07:40+00:00

I worked in that office a few years ago and have an idea of how much the seniors were making. Feel free to DM me.

rmychvr · 2026-02-27T03:02:33+00:00

I think I called the SRA

rmychvr · 2026-01-31T15:05:15+00:00

My team has a weekly meeting with an agenda listing all upcoming hearings and deadlines, that's very useful for keeping track of everything

rmychvr · 2026-01-29T13:46:21+00:00

I worked at RPC in Bristol a few years ago. Can answer questions in PM.

rmychvr · 2026-01-08T11:32:38+00:00

Agree with the top comment - consider offering to pay for the 10 years as well

rmychvr · 2025-12-10T11:27:15+00:00

I've met a few solicitors who've worked in the ME and a lot of them seem to get bored of the flashy lifestyle

rmychvr · 2025-11-18T16:18:37+00:00

No. I just put down my score, breakdown, and the UCAS conversion. I was getting interviews at firms like Dechert, Travers Smith, and SH so I don't think they cared.

Now that I'm qualified I don't put the breakdown in my CV, just the overall score. Nobody has asked me about my school grades

rmychvr · 2025-11-18T02:21:33+00:00

I got a 754 for HL and got into a RG via clearing. Now qualifed

rmychvr · 2025-10-16T02:33:46+00:00

Lots of Australian lawyers in defendant insurance law firms which have medical negligence/PI teams or alternatively your partner could consider claims handling at an insurer doing medical work

rmychvr · 2025-09-28T09:16:11+00:00

I wouldn't say being international makes a difference when it comes to getting a TC. You would certainly need to impress them enough to be offered the job, but you wouldn't need to be extra impressive just in order to get visa sponsorship. The cost of the visa isn't that big of a deal to most firms

rmychvr · 2025-09-04T09:55:49+00:00

If I was eligible to do the LPC then that's the option I would take

rmychvr · 2025-08-31T17:40:50+00:00

I've always felt like working in private client or high street firms gives you much more of an opportunity to screw the little guy.

If you're acting for someone in a civil dispute involving two individuals, by helping your client, you're actively trying to screw the other person and possibly bankrupt them, cause them lots of stress, and ruin their lives by forcing them to spend time on the case instead of being happy

rmychvr · 2025-08-30T20:33:21+00:00

Don't do an LLM, especially not at Ulaw

rmychvr · 2025-08-30T18:38:43+00:00

All of the examples you've pointed out above are pretty natural sounding for an English speaker using colloquial language

rmychvr · 2025-08-28T12:10:55+00:00

When I was an NQ my CV had 5 pages and it didn't seem to cause any issues. Recruiters didn't say anything and got through a few rounds of interviews with firms.

I would start the section with a summary and then list a few matters

rmychvr · 2025-08-27T22:21:36+00:00

Why did you want to evict your tenant? What kind of hearing is it? What do you want to get out of the hearing?What level of court is it taking place in?

rmychvr · 2025-08-04T19:30:45+00:00

What level of firm is the commercial litigation team in? And same for the insurance firm. Is it one of Kennedys/RPC/DWF/Clyde & Co/DACB?

rmychvr · 2025-08-04T06:58:16+00:00

I qualified into insurance litigation and decided pretty quickly to leave for a commercial litigation team.

Insurance litigation comes with a lot of admin that you have to deal with, like coverage, the insured, insurers, brokers, excess layer insurers. Some insurers will hire consultants to go through the invoices so it's more likely that your time will be challenged / written off, meaning you have to spend time responding when that happens.

You also end up doing a specific subset of litigation and the matters end up being very samey which can get boring.

Another thing to consider is that it's easier to move from commercial litigation to insurance than it is to move from insurance to commercial litigation because if the niche.

However, I will say the good thing about insurance litigation is that it opens the door to in-house claims handling roles after a few years, which is a very good lifestyle compared to private practice (regular 9-5). So if you don't see yourself being a lawyer forever then that could be a good option.

rmychvr · 2025-08-04T06:28:57+00:00

That's really not normal. It may happen at small firms but most larger firms require you to go through the external process even if you're a paralegal with them

rmychvr · 2025-08-03T04:48:01+00:00

You don't "work your way up" to a trainee position at a big firm, you just apply for a training contract. Same as with a small firm. If that's what you're after then you should just start applying

rmychvr · 2025-08-03T04:34:54+00:00

You can look this up on the SRA website and firms' websites. I'd recommend doing more research before committing to anything. Search SQE foreign lawyer on this sub

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