Roberts was signed off with stress in January 2022, and the firm reported her to the regulator the following month. She left Irwin Mitchell in February 2022 “by mutual agreement”.

In the U.S., “hold harmless” in this context is so weird because no one really knows what it means. Some states say it’s basically indemnity.

No way are those shops matching that rate. I predict soon, silver circle will be 135-150k nq as standard. MC will feel no choice but to match (at least at nq) US firms – so 160-180k.

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