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Herbert Smith to open Belfast office to handle litigation due diligence

The nature of these sausage factories is also that of a dead end rather than a stepping stone to an actual career with the firm. Essentially, you start on the sausage factory floor and stay there. The working culture certainly won't be that of being on call twenty four hours a day either as the staff won't have any incentive, monetary or otherwise, to do so as they're aware that their factory exists simply because it's cheap. This will only attract staff who only stay for a short period of time then leave due to boredom, often with a trail of negligence in their wake due to their inexperience and the inexperience of the management. ^ 'I Hate BPP' is spot on with these comments. No doubt it will be staffed by one lawyer who barely spends any time in the NI office (because no decent lawyer would want to be there) and the majority of their time will be spent back in the main office, managing at arms length analysing spreadsheets. The grunt work will be done by the hundreds of desperate graduates itching for legal work experience. Many hoping but not realising till further down the line there is not a cat in hell's chance of a training contract . Morale will be abysmal as the employers demand the earth for a pittance. On the upside Im sure it will be a success and at least its creating employment. I don't agree with any negative comments about NI lawyers, many I have worked with have been excellent. There are good and bad apples in every jurisdiction.

25-Nov-2010

9:11 pm