tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post5666835183078163854..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Kite Griffin Solicitors, BracknellRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-60312503695293763062013-07-26T07:43:41.851+01:002013-07-26T07:43:41.851+01:00Lawyers may not be good at advertising but, if the...Lawyers may not be good at advertising but, if the story is true, they would seem to be responsible for the first commercial Usenet spam...<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Canter_and_Martha_SiegelAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427000118752159232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-37177174640383329232013-07-24T14:50:41.874+01:002013-07-24T14:50:41.874+01:00Yes, I get the impression there's still someth...Yes, I get the impression there's still something of a stigma attached to "touting for business", as well as there being various restrictions on what solicitors can actually advertise (up here in Scotland, anyway) - you can say "we handle divorces and contract disputes", for example, or "handling divorces in Edinburgh since 1996" - but not "the best for divorces", because comparisons like that are off-limits.<br /><br />Back when my grandfather was a Chartered Accountant, some decades ago, I'm told they weren't even allowed to put their names in bold in the phonebook, let alone take out actual adverts anywhere! Things certainly have changed...jas88https://www.blogger.com/profile/05563592458314214904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-79570614041964259462013-07-24T11:08:33.355+01:002013-07-24T11:08:33.355+01:00strange thing that eh ... solicitors not allowed t...strange thing that eh ... solicitors not allowed to solicit ? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-64153011128304250912013-07-24T07:25:09.699+01:002013-07-24T07:25:09.699+01:00Wow - interestingWow - interestingRevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-66263469413549700862013-07-24T00:21:42.383+01:002013-07-24T00:21:42.383+01:00According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_ad...According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_advertising, Solicitors have only been *allowed* to advertise since 1986. There's probably still retrictions of some kindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-55824556172922144422013-07-23T20:50:35.438+01:002013-07-23T20:50:35.438+01:00Have their got a website you could link to?Have their got a website you could link to?Richy Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328244621821820978noreply@blogger.com