Posts Categorized: Life as a Country Solicitor

Solicitoritis defined and is it Scrabble friendly?

  Solicitoritis: a disease rare in the general population but prevalent among the legal profession.  Symptoms include an obsession with detail, a tendency to over-analyse and an often uncontrollable urge to start every sentence with “What if…?”.   Solicitoritis is not contagious but sufferers should avoid discussions with other lawyers as this often exacerbates the condition. Et separatim… Q & A… Read more »

Lacking in Specification: Life as a Country Solicitor.

  Lacking in Specification:  Legalese for “Talkin’ Mince” The first and last time I appeared in Court (yes, as a Solicitor – behave yourself!) was in 1983.  It didn’t go so well and I vowed then to give litigation a wide berth in future.  Strathaven’s Petrocelli I am not and it is now 34 years… Read more »