The Travelodge 2009 sleep deprivation poll has revealed that laywers are among the top ten British professionals to be the most sleep deprived, with an average six hours and 53 minutes of sleep a night. Teachers do worst on six hours and four minutes.
A lawyer hard at work yesterday
  On the other side off the pond, a study by CNN Money has found that being a lawyer is the 18th best job in America. Accountants, academics and systems engineers all do better.
     
    A solicitor called Mr Swindle has appeared at a disciplinary hearing after being accused of mishandling clients' money.
   
  A German civil servant has apologised after he instantly fired his PA for eating a meatball from his plate.
     
IKEA has taken a Dublin businessman to court claiming that he infringed its trademark by registering "IKEA Kitchen Fitters" as a business name.
 
And this weeks charidee effort comes from the in-house litigation team at Barclays, which is taking part in a 10km race on 18th October to raise money for Cancer Research UK. To donate and find out more please click here.
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