Poll of the Day
Image of the Day
From Philip Turner: “The Ashfords real estate partners have a daily partners meeting and this was one of those days…”
Dog of the Day
“This is Lola, a Hungarian Vizsla,” says Peter Titus of DCT Facilities Management. “While she gets her daily exercise I take a break from dealing with ever diverse and unique Covid-19 related Facilities issues for all our wonderful legal sector clients.”
“This is Loki, one of our three Maine Coons” writes private client solicitor Gail Willoughby. “Before you ask, no, he isn’t allowed in the microwave and no, he isn’t allowed on the bed either but have you ever tried training a cat?”
World Cup of Chambers
There’s still time to vote in the semi-finals over on Twitter; we have reached the celebrity endorsement stage with, ludicrously, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson getting involved. We’re beyond witticisms at this point.
Following Outer Temple’s video yesterday, here are a few more of chambers’ creative efforts as they vie for your votes. They really are superb.
Cometh the hour, cometh the canine #guesswithgus please place your vote below and help us through to the finals of .@TheLawyermag #WorldCupofChambers after all you wouldn't want to upset Gus https://t.co/sxJtNvKYUC pic.twitter.com/DquzWUPoNw
— Pump Court Chambers (@PumpCourt) May 14, 2020
Yesterday’s quiz answers
You will have spotted that the theme is, of course, they all contain the letters ‘law’.
- Claw hammer
- Coleslaw
- Delaware
- D H Lawrence
- Guerilla warfare
- Lawn tennis
- Malawi
- Sail Away
- Whitelaw
- Wroclaw
The Lawyer Listens
Booo! – Sticky ft Ms Dynamite
UK garage has mutated and synthesised into dubset and grime overtime, with grime leading to UK rap becoming a commercial force with the likes of Stormzy, Skepta, Dave and AJ Tracy. Booo! Was something of a glimpse into the future when it was released in 2001 – the combination of sparse garage backing and Ms Dynamites dancehall influenced rap hasn’t dated 19 years on. -Amar Mehta
Get involved
Anyone in the legal sector is welcome to contribute to any of the sections of Law Against Loneliness.
Here is how to contribute to a few of the regular features we have run so far. Everything can be sent to richard.simmons@thelawyer.com.
Video of the day
What we want are individual, personal contributions from lawyers and legal sector professionals working from home. You could be demonstrating a recipe, videoing your daily run, telling a joke, singing us a song, showing off a skill, or just telling us about your day and what you’ve been up to. We are very open to creativity – anything that uplifts or diverts.
What we don’t want is too many firm-branded videos talking about how seamlessly you have transitioned to a new way of working, please.
The Lawyer Listens
Contributors should send us a YouTube link and 100 words about the song in the style of previous entries.
Dog of the day
Self-explanatory. Send us dog pix. Or cats, ponies, rabbits, budgies etc. Don’t forget to let us know their name and give us a line of detail too if you’d like.
Pictures
Show us life in isolation, either via email, or alternatively Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn posts can be tagged #lawagainstloneliness
Other ideas
We welcome other suggestions to go in these articles.
