Once again the truth proves to be stranger than fiction. You may think of the average lawyers as dull men or women in a grey suits. Our American cousins are, however, our little feistier. I have just had some breaking news that Richard Ferris, a lawyer in Virginia, was involved in a gun battle with police – he was eventually shot and killed by the police last Friday –after a marathon 8 hour standoff at home – from where he and his wife ran their law firm. If that wasn’t strange enough, it turns out that Mr. Ferris also ran a gun store from his law office – i.e. his home !
As some of you who follow the legal profession may be aware, the autumn will see significant deregulation of the legal market – in a series of changes known as the Clementi reforms. Amongst the expected changes will be the ability for lawyers to start offering other non-legal services. As you know, as a committed entrepreneur I’m always looking for a new opportunity – what you reckon? Should I turn the conference room in our Salisbury office into a gun shop? If I do, I guess I could do a lot worse than name it after a business I noticed on my honeymoon in California many years ago – putting together the obviously complementary businesses of fine wines and shotguns in the snappily titled “Guns, Wine and Ammo”.
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Tim. Surely you should be thinking about some self employed lap dancers, who may increase your turnover without adding to staff costs or incurring potential claims for unfair dismissal.
I’m sure that will be put on your list of future micro-sites.