We allow joblessness to rise at our peril

[Aurora]

People who were born in the West just post the 2nd world war were the luckiest generation alive, ever.

Slight quibble. I'd say the people born just before and during that war were the luckiest, followed by the baby boomers. The main difference is that those born 1935-1945 are already comfortably retired, and the boomers aren't, and many never will be.

I agreed with everything else you wrote in that very long and informative post.

+1

[UndercoverElephant]

They are a bunch of immoral, money-grabbing, bottom-feeding, power-crazy c***s. They think nothing of buggering up their own client's cases in order to fill their own wallets. They live in their own little world, where the normal rules of society do not apply, just like the banksters.

You crack me up U/E you really do

We need more harmless eccentrics. Keep up the entertainment.

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User Reviews/Comments:

By: jo
will never reccommend Rude manger cost lots of money

By: Steve
I will never use these people i feel that the service they provide is all about how much money that they can get from people and not good results for my family i will neve use the again or reccommend them to any body

By: Janet
Same problems as above person

By: sarah
Very bad outcome which cost us a lot of money with thier slow work and delaying time. This is a firm that we will never recommend to anyone so be aware of their hidden costs which could end you up with a BIG BILL.

By: Jen
Very unprofessional company, they advised me to apply for an order i was not legally entitled to apply for - ended up having to apologise to the judge for wasting his time - very embarrassing! I would definitely not recommend them to anyone!!! Cost me lots of money too.

I wish I'd seen this review page before going to these people (on the bad advice of somebody else).

My own experience was exactly as above. I am currently in dispute with them about their bill, and their behaviour. I haven't yet decided whether to put my own views on this review site or report them to the relevant authorities (depends on whether they chase me for the money they claim I owe them). Rest assured my review will be somewhat more eloquent.

As I said, a bunch of immoral c***s.

[paul m]

The only happy lawyers I know are barristers - who control their own workload, and are focused on stuff they enjoy - and senior academics (likewise).

If my recent experience of solicitors is anything to go by, they don't deserve to be happy. They are a bunch of immoral, money-grabbing, bottom-feeding, power-crazy c***s. They think nothing of buggering up their own client's cases in order to fill their own wallets. They live in their own little world, where the normal rules of society do not apply, just like the banksters.[/quote
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Slight correction there. My Father ,after 3 divorces,calls the legal profession "The Sharks That Swim On The Surface Of Society".
Just a small depth-based difference!

[ujoni08]

Well said, Steve. That's my 'take' on it as well, and is mirrored by Dr Chris Martenson's views too.

[the_lyniezian]

Trouble is, neither is the Lyniezian. Should I blame the Government for being long-term unemployed? Doubt it.

For others, though, perhaps a different story. Jobs have certainly gotten harder to come by, and I wish I'd tried harder in '06 or '07 (when the long post-uni gap wouldn't have counted against me, either- barring the several Royal Mail Christmas jobs I've had, '07, '08 and '09 respectively, and other odd things). It is certainly harder, and as much so for the people who try much more than I. In the meantime, I'd better start soon...

[Aurora]

Trouble is, neither is the Lyniezian. Should I blame the Government for being long-term unemployed? Doubt it.

For others, though, perhaps a different story. Jobs have certainly gotten harder to come by, and I wish I'd tried harder in '06 or '07 (when the long post-uni gap wouldn't have counted against me, either- barring the several Royal Mail Christmas jobs I've had, '07, '08 and '09 respectively, and other odd things). It is certainly harder, and as much so for the people who try much more than I. In the meantime, I'd better start soon...

I should damn well think so young man. Time you got on your bike.

[woodpecker]

The only happy lawyers I know are barristers - who control their own workload, and are focused on stuff they enjoy - and senior academics (likewise).

If my recent experience of solicitors is anything to go by, they don't deserve to be happy. They are a bunch of immoral, money-grabbing, bottom-feeding, power-crazy c***s. They think nothing of buggering up their own client's cases in order to fill their own wallets. They live in their own little world, where the normal rules of society do not apply, just like the banksters.

Unless you're a partner in a firm, you're not going to be making more money that way. You're on a salary, the same as anyone else. The 'property/mortgage mills' and similar employ hundreds or thousands of young solicitors and legal execs who are wage slaves, and the money's not that great either. The reason for this changed situation: the universities are producing far too many law graduates, and certain - ahem - entrepreneurs have decided to apply the pin-factory model to certain areas of the law.

[UndercoverElephant]

The only happy lawyers I know are barristers - who control their own workload, and are focused on stuff they enjoy - and senior academics (likewise).

If my recent experience of solicitors is anything to go by, they don't deserve to be happy. They are a bunch of immoral, money-grabbing, bottom-feeding, power-crazy c***s. They think nothing of buggering up their own client's cases in order to fill their own wallets. They live in their own little world, where the normal rules of society do not apply, just like the banksters.

Unless you're a partner in a firm, you're not going to be making more money that way. You're on a salary, the same as anyone else. The 'property/mortgage mills' and similar employ hundreds or thousands of young solicitors and legal execs who are wage slaves, and the money's not that great either. The reason for this changed situation: the universities are producing far too many law graduates, and certain - ahem - entrepreneurs have decided to apply the pin-factory model to certain areas of the law.

This was a very nasty probate dispute - family law. The person I was "represented" by was a senior member of staff (don't think she is a partner, but not sure.)

[woodpecker]

The only happy lawyers I know are barristers - who control their own workload, and are focused on stuff they enjoy - and senior academics (likewise).

If my recent experience of solicitors is anything to go by, they don't deserve to be happy. They are a bunch of immoral, money-grabbing, bottom-feeding, power-crazy c***s. They think nothing of buggering up their own client's cases in order to fill their own wallets. They live in their own little world, where the normal rules of society do not apply, just like the banksters.

And then there are the inner-city lawyers who turn out to police cells at the drop of a hat, for next to nothing, and all the peeps who spend a lot of their time doing a lot of pro bono work for worthy causes such as charities and campaigns and community groups. [I've been involved in three cases where barristers have conducted work pro bono right up to and including judicial review at the High Court, the last one this spring, which would have cost them at least weeks of their time in each case. All for free.]

I have to say, I've never noticed a banker do likewise. And I don't notice any other profession with three big pro bono schemes.

There are all kinds of lawyers, and some of them really are in it for the love of the thing. I was surprised last year when I was invited to dinner by a barrister of my acquaintance, and found he and his partner lived in a high-rise shoebox in a grim part of town (because he doesn't make that much owing to contributing a lot of his time to worthy and legally important causes). They had refined vertical storage to a complete art, but there was still no room for more than one person to move at the same time. And one of them worked from home, so you'd be eating dinner in what was effectively also a busy legal office.