Sunday, 13 December 2009
Monday, 7 December 2009
And even though we're moving forward, there's just the right amount of awkward and then today you accidentally...called me "baby"
Vintage goodies snapped up and literally leapt upon within the past month. The purple sequinned cruise dress will be making an appearance at The Secret Garden Party with a battered old bowler and stockings. On an even more exciting note - bidding is currently underway for a retro Moschino BUMBAG.
I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body. ~Elaine Boosler
BPP offers £10,000 scholarship to beautician barrister
Author: Alex Aldridge
30 Nov 2009 | 14:16
A beautician who made national headlines when she defeated one of the country’s biggest property developers in the High Court earlier this month has been offered a £10,000 scholarship by BPP Law School.
Georgina Blackwell, a 23-year old with no legal training from Essex, represented her mother in a High Court dispute with Bellway Homes over access to their garden.
Blackwell took on the case herself after her mother was ordered to pay a five figure sum plus costs for refusing Bellway access to her land. She won this month’s hearing after discovering that the right of access only applied to one wall, with Bellway since paying £75,000 for access to the necessary parts of the Blackwell’s land.
Blackwell, who previously turned down several law degree places after finishing school to help with the family business, has not yet accepted BPP’s offer. She described the opportunity as the chance of a lifetime, adding that “the idea of giving up work again and becoming a student is a bit scary, plus I’ll miss my old job and my lovely clients.”
BPP introduced its LLB, which has start dates in January, May and September, for the first time this year. Blackwell intends to take the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) after completing the LLB, which can be carried out full time over two-three years, or part-time over six. She has also been offered some TV presenting work.
BPP Law School chief executive Peter Crisp said: “We were very impressed with Georgina’s court case, and believe that this experience will be a huge benefit as she pursues her legal career. Our teaching is based on a practical approach, we would hope that her fellow students will be encouraged by what she has achieved. We look forward to her joining BPP, and will follow her career with interest”.Click here to join the Legal Week Student Facebook group
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Good on her, this was a story I read with some interest. So it will probably come down to a choice between BPP or the lead in a Hollywood adaptation of the story, in a British Erin Brockovich
They'll be letting in plumbers next.
Hmmm -30 Nov 2009 | 17:54
Gosh, wouldn't that be awful, people try to get into the legal profession based on their ability rather than class background? Whatever next - promotion not dependent on being a member of the right golf club?
Anonymous -01 Dec 2009 | 09:20
fantastic news
But the poor girl will be surrounded by the usual gang of tw8ts at BPP.
Anon -01 Dec 2009 | 16:35
Great PR stunt from BPP...
anon -01 Dec 2009 | 17:56
Didn't she do well?
Good on her x2.
I'm sure this experience will liven up her CV and will make for some interesting pupillage interviews.
Even if she doesn't get pupillage then she's at least appeared in court precisely one more time than, what, 60% of her fellow BVCers ever will!
BTW, good luck for the future if you're reading this. Despite everything the negative-minded cynics say, class is not a barrier to entry to the Bar. And can I also say that I saw your picture in the paper and thought you were really pretty!
L. R. Corvette Esq -02 Dec 2009 | 20:18
@ Hmmmm
We'll need to let plumbers in as so many lawyers have left the profession to be plumbers!
Anon -03 Dec 2009 | 11:54
Author: Alex Aldridge
30 Nov 2009 | 14:16
A beautician who made national headlines when she defeated one of the country’s biggest property developers in the High Court earlier this month has been offered a £10,000 scholarship by BPP Law School.
Georgina Blackwell, a 23-year old with no legal training from Essex, represented her mother in a High Court dispute with Bellway Homes over access to their garden.
Blackwell took on the case herself after her mother was ordered to pay a five figure sum plus costs for refusing Bellway access to her land. She won this month’s hearing after discovering that the right of access only applied to one wall, with Bellway since paying £75,000 for access to the necessary parts of the Blackwell’s land.
Blackwell, who previously turned down several law degree places after finishing school to help with the family business, has not yet accepted BPP’s offer. She described the opportunity as the chance of a lifetime, adding that “the idea of giving up work again and becoming a student is a bit scary, plus I’ll miss my old job and my lovely clients.”
BPP introduced its LLB, which has start dates in January, May and September, for the first time this year. Blackwell intends to take the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) after completing the LLB, which can be carried out full time over two-three years, or part-time over six. She has also been offered some TV presenting work.
BPP Law School chief executive Peter Crisp said: “We were very impressed with Georgina’s court case, and believe that this experience will be a huge benefit as she pursues her legal career. Our teaching is based on a practical approach, we would hope that her fellow students will be encouraged by what she has achieved. We look forward to her joining BPP, and will follow her career with interest”.Click here to join the Legal Week Student Facebook group
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Good on her, this was a story I read with some interest. So it will probably come down to a choice between BPP or the lead in a Hollywood adaptation of the story, in a British Erin Brockovich
They'll be letting in plumbers next.
Hmmm -30 Nov 2009 | 17:54
Gosh, wouldn't that be awful, people try to get into the legal profession based on their ability rather than class background? Whatever next - promotion not dependent on being a member of the right golf club?
Anonymous -01 Dec 2009 | 09:20
fantastic news
But the poor girl will be surrounded by the usual gang of tw8ts at BPP.
Anon -01 Dec 2009 | 16:35
Great PR stunt from BPP...
anon -01 Dec 2009 | 17:56
Didn't she do well?
Good on her x2.
I'm sure this experience will liven up her CV and will make for some interesting pupillage interviews.
Even if she doesn't get pupillage then she's at least appeared in court precisely one more time than, what, 60% of her fellow BVCers ever will!
BTW, good luck for the future if you're reading this. Despite everything the negative-minded cynics say, class is not a barrier to entry to the Bar. And can I also say that I saw your picture in the paper and thought you were really pretty!
L. R. Corvette Esq -02 Dec 2009 | 20:18
@ Hmmmm
We'll need to let plumbers in as so many lawyers have left the profession to be plumbers!
Anon -03 Dec 2009 | 11:54
Then they ran out of cake
A French museum-workers' strike widened on Thursday, forcing the closure of two of the country's most prominent attractions: the Louvre and the Palace of Versailles.
French workers continued their protest against the government's plans to replace just one out of every two retiring public servants and make cuts to certain subsidies — decisions that will strongly affect organizations owned by the state, like museums, according to union leaders. The initiative is part of a larger government cost-cutting measure.
The strike began at the Pompidou Centre for modern art in late November and expanded to the Musée d'Orsay, the Rodin Museum, the Arc de Triomphe monument and other sites on Wednesday.
While the Louvre and Versailles remained partially open on Wednesday, officials said they were forced to stay closed on Thursday due to lack of staff.
Union leaders also met with French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand on Wednesday afternoon. However, the talks proved fruitless.
"The reform must be applied," Mitterand told France-2 television on Thursday.
"If we start to make exceptions, we will never get out of this," he said, referring to the budget constraints that prompted the reform.
Nevertheless, union leaders vow to continue with the labour disruption.
"We are pressing on with the strike because we did not obtain what we wanted," said Frederic Sorbier, of the CGT union, as he stood among protesters in front of the Louvre.
"When our managers and the ministers have to face demands, they deny responsibility saying 'I can't do anything, I have no leeway for manoeuvre, I must defer to the president, the president must defer to Europe, and Europe to globalization.' So there's no solution."
Frustrated crowds also milled around outside many landmarks, including the Louvre — widely considered the world's most-visited museum and drawing an average of 15,000 visitors a day.
Monday, 7 September 2009
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Public announcement of life-improving decisions
1. Detox. I mean genuinely abstaining from alcohol permanently and for several very good reason s, including the following:
A text from myself to several friends at 1.45am this saturday after one Jack Daniels, four glasses of wine, a martini and a mojito -
"I'm so angry! I'm actually going to rip his head off and feed it to my dog!"
Followed by this text at 1.47am -
"I'm now outside crying because I just remembered I no longer have a dog".
2. I've decided I'm going to cut all contact with people who have a negative influence on me or are just not particularly the type of people I want to hang around.
3. Am considering stopping my driving lessons and buying a dutch city bike (one of the adorable little ones where you sit upright and have a little basket to carry around your lapdog/french baguette/boombox).
Come to think of it the last time I tried to ride a bike in Paris didn't go particularly well either (I gracefully toppled off into a nettle bush and had an epic allergic reaction) but at least it provides the opportunity to purchase streamers and a bell.
4. Post-massive-evaluation-of-my-life I think I'm probably going to have to make a few very important decisions that my parents probably wont approve of, like moving to london by myself but the point i'm trying to make is that I probably shouldn't be so dependant on my dad's approval as I suspect I am.
As far as the usual subject matter goes I have nothing to report as I've been in exeter all weekend. However I will say that Christian Dior spring-summer 1998 was an assualt on the eyes and this weekend i managed to buy four dresses, a top, a high waisted skirt and ballet flats. If we view my ongoing relationship with my overdraft as one of love-hate, this is pretty much like angry break-up sex with my bank account. Oh also I want to buy the playsuit below.
Tomorrow I might even write a post that makes sense, is topical and is actually of interest.
1. Detox. I mean genuinely abstaining from alcohol permanently and for several very good reason s, including the following:
A text from myself to several friends at 1.45am this saturday after one Jack Daniels, four glasses of wine, a martini and a mojito -
"I'm so angry! I'm actually going to rip his head off and feed it to my dog!"
Followed by this text at 1.47am -
"I'm now outside crying because I just remembered I no longer have a dog".
2. I've decided I'm going to cut all contact with people who have a negative influence on me or are just not particularly the type of people I want to hang around.
3. Am considering stopping my driving lessons and buying a dutch city bike (one of the adorable little ones where you sit upright and have a little basket to carry around your lapdog/french baguette/boombox).
Come to think of it the last time I tried to ride a bike in Paris didn't go particularly well either (I gracefully toppled off into a nettle bush and had an epic allergic reaction) but at least it provides the opportunity to purchase streamers and a bell.
4. Post-massive-evaluation-of-my-life I think I'm probably going to have to make a few very important decisions that my parents probably wont approve of, like moving to london by myself but the point i'm trying to make is that I probably shouldn't be so dependant on my dad's approval as I suspect I am.
As far as the usual subject matter goes I have nothing to report as I've been in exeter all weekend. However I will say that Christian Dior spring-summer 1998 was an assualt on the eyes and this weekend i managed to buy four dresses, a top, a high waisted skirt and ballet flats. If we view my ongoing relationship with my overdraft as one of love-hate, this is pretty much like angry break-up sex with my bank account. Oh also I want to buy the playsuit below.
Tomorrow I might even write a post that makes sense, is topical and is actually of interest.
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