Apparently due to be published this week at some time.
(Normally it's before Christmas, not sure why it's been delayed this year.)
Given the age of average posters nowadays, I get the feeling most Roffers for whom this could be relevant have either been appointed or given up.
Anyway, if this is you, good luck.
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Gosh, this makes me feel old. I still think of RoF as being full of 30-somethings.
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KC Appointments. Is that a recruitment firm. It might have gone into spam.
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Yes. I was offered it but turned it down.
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I've been asked to provide a recommendation and so hoping they get it.
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i am running a case where the silk we are instructing and the oppo's silk are a decade later call than me and I am finding that quite difficult
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when your first bar school tutorial m8 takes silk, that's a moment.
when you instructed someone as a junior who goes on the High Court bench, that's another moment.
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Imagine if you were a client paying all that money for a KC and the clerk sends you David Mellor.
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junior commercial silks nowadays can be pretty wet behind the ears in terms of actual advocacy
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Does being appointed a KC do much for a bazza?
Do you see an immediate upturn in work etc?
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as I understand it you often see a downtick in work to start off with, but long term you command higher rates.
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What Guy said, there is a period of loss of the volume of your junior work and stomach-lurching fear while you wonder whether you have miscalculated, and the clients who liked you at junior rates don't want you at KC rates.
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yes, Guy is right
some people's practices never recover after taking silk, other people make silly money
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Fingers crossed for Laz.
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New silks’ clerks used to call me and offer to hold the fees at senior junior level for a year or two. Smart thinking.
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yes OGR, that's pretty usual
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Friday appaz
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I’m doing the Alan Blacker route of qualifying as a Master Boilermaker and Chartered Psychotherapist before taking Silk.
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Heffa, I think it's this AM.
A nice thread from David KC on the topic:
https://x.com/davidmuttering/status/1207573018119200768?s=46&t=MY5mpUma…
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Heh @ "I regret to inform you...that you're through!"
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Wot Dux sed. That must have been deliberate.
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Wig Jockeys that use the KC adornment on Twitter should be disbarred.
Apart from Laz, who else on social media uses any such titles? 🤪
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heh
The wording of the letter that year is pretty famous now
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A m9 has just taken silk.
I gave him all my old text books when he was about to transfer to first year law and I was going into fourth year.
I'm such a failure, m6s. ☹️
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(faod I'm not a Bazza so will never take silk. But still, in overall life achievements...
And taking silk is not this guy's biggest achievement. He's also not just kept his grandma's EH Holden that he drove as a student, but restored it every single nut and bolt to bettet than factory condition, utterly original other than seatbelts and brake upgrades. He spent more on that car that I make in a year. Well almost.
So tbh I'm jealous of the EH, not the fancy robes.
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Week commencing 15 January 2024 is about to finish, why the delay?
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https://kcappointments.org/current-competition/
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