See - lawyers are idiots too

[Maxf]

lol. I love how someone manages to get 'credit crunch' into her comments.

[mybrainhurts]

Wot...? No mention of global warming...?

[Asterix]

I blame Gordon Brown.

[Jasandjules]

Simply go to court, watch what they saw, you'll see just how stupid plenty of lawyers are.

[rpguk]

It does seem a vast overreaction by Shearman and the obvious point, made many times in the comments, is that it was 'after hours' and totally legal so it's hard for me to understand how he lost his job. The disrepute angle seems to be a subjective catch-all excuse that doesn't have to stand up to much scrutiny.

Now to me it seems that either it was a convenient excuse to get rid of a sub-par employee or there is more to this than mentioned and he's been given marching orders now to save more coming out.

Of course there is also the possibility that the student was daughter, niece or granddaughter of a partner or client

However if the story is as simple as the article suggests then Shearman appear to have acted in quite a spineless manner.

Edited by rpguk on Wednesday 6th August 00:07

[turbobloke]

legal beagle poster commenting on law firm associate and student in strip club said:

Obviously all we have is the bare facts.

Tsk tsk.

Standards are clearly slipping down the greasy pole faster than the dancers.

[voyds9]

Am I missing the point? Going to strip club acceptable business practice for certain professions.

However, I read it as once inside he decide a grope was ok and got sack for that.

[johnnywb]

anonymous said:

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It really is incredible how quickly stories (with names) spread round industries. She's going to have a very hard time of it.

[princeperch]

I dont s'pose this being posted on a website for junior neurotic lawyers helped much..

[HundredthIdiot]

If he hasn't committed a crime, and the night out was not a work event, his behaviour should be irrelevant to his employer.

Since when did "sexual harassment" become a criminal offence?

If he actually assaulted her, the police should be involved and he should be suspended on full pay until the investigation is complete. If he were to be found guilty (in court) obviously he should be sacked.

Gutless idiots.