Happy New Year! Hope you all had a relaxing and restful
Christmas and New Year and are ready for the challenges of 2010.
The new year has certainly brought some exciting new challenges for
me. Most importantly, I've decided to make my secondment to
property litigation, a permanent move. I'm now going to be a fully
fledged litigator. I've been really enjoying the mix of work that
being in the litigation department brings, and I'll look forward to
the challenges of expanding my practice as my experience grows in
this area. That's one of the great things about being a lawyer here
at Linklaters; there is always something new to learn. No two days
are ever the same. I'm currently preparing to deliver a talk to our
Real Estate department on some of the issues that have arisen out
of a case that I have been working on concerning break notices in
leases. I'll be giving the talk to about 40 people - a mixture of
people from trainees to partners. It's always a bit nerve racking
doing any type of public speaking, especially when there are some
very experienced lawyers in the audience, but we get lots of
opportunities here to build up our presentation skills. Also,
everyone is always very supportive and it's amazing how often a
senior lawyer will call you to discuss a point because you have
mentioned it in a presentation and they had not considered it
before. It's a great feeling to know you've been able to help your
colleagues out and made their job a bit easier. I'm also off skiing
to France, in a couple of weeks time. Whilst I love my job, there's
nothing better than a good holiday in the fresh mountain air. I
cannot wait! Fingers crossed I come back in one piece and will be
able to tell you all about it on my return.