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The family law culture that needs to change to protect lawyers (opens the original)
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While family lawyers can do everything in their power to protect their wellbeing, one practitioner has issued a blunt warning: individual resilience cannot fix a culture that is failing lawyers, with deeper change needed across the profession to tackle the issues taking a toll. Family lawyers are routinely exposed to conflict, trauma, and intense emotional distress, yet the profession can still place enormous pressure on practitioners to remain composed, work long hours, and simply keep pushing
Global law firm junior struck off over stolen bike insurance claim (opens the original)
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A junior lawyer’s attempt to secure an insurance payout for a stolen bike has cost him his legal career after he knowingly submitted a dishonest claim. A junior lawyer in the UK has been struck off the roll after knowingly lodging a dishonest insurance claim for a stolen bike that was not covered under his policy. Admitted to practise in 2020, Kieran Ferguson was working as a finance solicitor at global law firm Ashurst Perkins Coie when the incident occurred. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribuna
‘Been w--king bout you’: Solicitor struck off over sexual messages (opens the original)
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A solicitor who bombarded a female barrister with sexual messages has been struck off after repeatedly ignoring her pleas to stop, with his messages including “bend over”, “what are you wearing today”, and “where’s the big butt”. A UK solicitor who branded himself a “top lawyer from Manchester” has been struck off after bombarding three women with unwanted, inappropriate messages. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) heard that, over two years, Michael Peter Alexander repeatedly sent messa
‘A bad career decision’: Inside the fallout from TikTok graduate firing (opens the original)
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Just three weeks into her legal career, a young lawyer found herself at the centre of a profession-wide debate after being dismissed over a TikTok post. An industry leader weighs in about what the incident signals for the profession and what needs to happen next. After seven years of study, sacrifice, and working towards becoming a lawyer, it took just two minutes on TikTok to dramatically alter the course of Natali Curukovski’s early legal career. Just three weeks into practising law, the Melbo
‘The goal is not to become bulletproof’: Lawyer challenges family law’s resilience culture (opens the original)
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As family lawyers shoulder the emotional weight of their clients’ darkest moments, one practitioner has warned that simply surviving the pressure should not be mistaken for genuine resilience. From heartbreak and conflict to trauma and abuse, family lawyers are routinely immersed in some of their clients’ most difficult moments. But Brintyn Smith, barrister and mediator at Brintyn Smith Barrister, has warned that simply putting one foot in front of the other is not necessarily a sign that a lawy
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