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A day in the life of a Business Crime trainee - Georgia Learoyd

27/07/2023

I am a first-year trainee, currently working in my second seat with the Business Crime team.

Morning 

06:30

I had my morning coffee and hit the mat for an early Pilates class to start my day.

09:30

Today was a little different than usual as rather than heading straight to the office, I attended a conference with counsel at Doughty Street Chambers in relation to an extradition case that I am working on.

11:30 

I headed back to the office with my supervisor and, after a quick Pret run, continued making some agreed amendments to a medical expert report to submit as part of our defence evidence.

12:30 

Grabbed lunch and went for a walk along the river before a busy afternoon.

Afternoon

13:30

I was tasked with reviewing a bundle of WhatsApp transcripts to assist us in making representations to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on a conduct investigation.

15:30 

Attended a team meeting to run through our task list on a private prosecution matter and allocate workstreams. Caught up with a few colleagues on the way back to my desk as I can't help but stop off for a chat!

16:30

I called a client to update them on the progress of their case, before picking back up on drafting a witness statement to serve on the Court and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) later in the week.

18:00

I caught up on final emails of the day and updated my to-do list for tomorrow.

Evening

18:30

Headed downstairs as I had the pleasure of attending the Female Fraud Forum wine tasting event hosted at Howard Kennedy's office - the perfect way to end the day!

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