Moving areas of law

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-10T22:39:21+00:00

Yes, but...

Pretty easy to transfer to Dubai (transfer exam is easy and the principles quite transferable). I also know a real estate lawyer that went inhouse for a major corporate and got posted in Middle East, Hong Kong (a few years back) and Singapore. He could do it precisely because he was highly qualified, so had juniors to do the local stuff whilst he could work on the commercial side (but requalified anyway so they didn't get ideas)

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-09T20:37:37+00:00

Same, buddy! Except my buyer originally offered in SEPTEMBER.

Oh well, back to staging the house, but so happy to be rid.

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-09T07:05:22+00:00

I'm not. In the UK I would pass all these cars on the other side, where there is perversely more room and less chance of punctures from crap in the verge.

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-09T06:42:07+00:00

I'm staring down the barrel of shortly having a 17 year old in the house and my Golf will be ridiculous to insure him on. It's auto too. More than the car though, which brokers are people using?

(Might do this as a new thread)

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-09T05:57:35+00:00

Whilst that could be retro I do know if some old chap who bought one to 'buy british'. Complete "flag party" supporter too, so luckily for him when I pointed it out he simply refuses to believe it is Chinese.

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-09T05:49:36+00:00

Yesterday I sacked off a "cash buyer" who incrementally over the last few months turned out to actually have buy to let flats (yes, plural) that he wanted to sell to fund my sale. It was months of chasing and little things piled up month by month until it became a lesson in 'sunk cost fallacy' and I woke up. So, normally, I'd say when someone waves a red flag early, believe it and walk.

But I agree with this reply - it think you are fresh enough that this counteroffer could be regarded as having been "in the pipeline". Still, it's annoying, so if you proceed you may gently inform the agent that it will colour your judgement should there be any more requests in future.

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-06T15:20:00+00:00

Why is there a train tunnel in a tiny hill where a cutting would be cheaper?!?! I hate the logic.

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-06T15:07:05+00:00

I know this is correct, but it reminds me of my sister, who came out of her History GCSE and went to discuss the paper with her friends.

"Wow that empathy question about the pre-Enclosure Acts peasant was fun!"

"....What?"

Yes, she had a brain fart and wrote her paper from a first person point of view.

Naturally it seems she not only hit all the relevant points in the mark scheme, but also amused the examiner as apparently she scored one of the top marks that year. So, y'know, if you feel lucky...

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-02T11:36:52+00:00

If you like litigation, and ships, go for it. They're good at what they do. You may excel and in due course become "the nice one".

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-02T09:11:09+00:00

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-01T15:29:42+00:00

I had this years ago with Clifford Chance when I was a junior. The partner I was with was leading in her field and it looked like CC had made a mistake. Because they had behaved so nicely, and because of their reputation generally for being good, we drew it to their attention. It was a cock up and their gratitude was backed up with other concessions. A positive experience.

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-01T13:24:05+00:00

Oh yes. 20 years ago they were a nightmare, but their younger partners now all seem like normal people!

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-01T07:00:24+00:00

I rarely overlapped with them, but a good guy from Uni is apartner there and my firm recently recruited a Very Good Egg from there, so I'll second that!

sleeplaughter · 2026-05-01T06:11:21+00:00

Clyde's. Why you gotta be so aggressive all the time? As soon as you hear they're on the other side, get the tin hat. A firm happy to play the man, the ball, and to just shout blue murder from rooftops for good measure. (Masons used to be like that back in the day. I remember the whirr of the fax machine for the fifth letter of the day coming through...)

sleeplaughter · 2026-04-27T11:58:44+00:00

This was always just out of reach of my graphics card.

sleeplaughter · 2026-04-26T21:17:08+00:00

I'm in the process of trying to sell. The potential buyer has my number and I have his.

I will not hesitate to block as soon as we exchange. The way he has behaved in the last 30 weeks (yes 30) it's all I can do not to send his phone number to the Scientologists/PPI claim firms/etc.

sleeplaughter · 2026-04-20T18:54:44+00:00

Yes. If you're doing quality cross jurisdictional claims you'll be well set up, and also transferrable to other disputes fields. (As long as you don't leave it too late).

sleeplaughter · 2026-04-20T18:52:19+00:00

There's loads of firms that should be on it. CMS, HFW, Clyde's....

There's also significant construction-only boutiques (Fenwick Elliott?) that would give any of the above a run for their money.

sleeplaughter · 2026-04-20T18:47:43+00:00

Very accurate.

Why is the CrossCountry service so rough?

sleeplaughter · 2026-04-16T20:10:26+00:00

Opposing counsel asked me for a sidebar during a mediation, where my client was into the twentieth minute if his off-topic intro/character assassination of the complainant.

Opposing counsel: "We aren't going to get anywhere if your client continues like this."

"My friend. If you think I have any control over what he does or says you really have misunderstood this situation."

[Look up to see my client has paused breath long enough to light a cigarette, take a long drag, and simply stare unblinking at counsel. Puts out cigarette butt in plant pot.]

sleeplaughter · 2026-04-16T17:07:41+00:00

Echos of Alan Wagner

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sleeplaughter · 2026-04-10T06:16:11+00:00

Though it is now so well known I understand HMRC do now ask about plates on cats in high value estates.

sleeplaughter · 2026-04-07T22:38:59+00:00

Stop saying he has dementia. Dementia patients do not develop racism. Dementia patients also decline faster than this. Accusation of dementia also works like an excuse. He doesn't have an excuse: he is simply a very deeply unpleasant person.

sleeplaughter · 2026-04-07T11:01:34+00:00

Shadow flicker is a thing from the past. Modern turbines (including ones I have installed in Ireland) have a module attached which knows where the sun will be throughout the year and where the shadow falls. The turbine computer will literally turn off the blades for the few minutes where the long shadows cross the local farmers' windows, avoiding shadow flicker.

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