Article: I got the sack over short skirt; LAWYER SUING FIRM OVER 'ARCHAIC' DRESS CODE.(News)

Article: Voice of the Daily Mirror: Stuffed shirts.(Leader)
The Mirror (London, England);  April 23, 2004 ;     283 words ... ... concerned. The senior lawyers who employed Maxine Kelly prevented her and other women from wearing ... what they should wear. The problem at the Advance Legal company wasn't caused by Maxine Kelly but by her snobby, fusty old bosses.

Article: Brief encounter; LAWYER 'SACKED IN SHORT SKIRT ROW' SUES ...
The Mirror (London, England);  April 23, 2004 ;     612 words ... ... across the board." Maxine Kelly's boss, Sean Kehoe, senior partner at Advance Legal in Burton upon Trent ... mentioned to her (Maxine Kelly) that she was one ... performance." He said Advance Legal faced a second claim ...

Article: Westar to advance legal fees
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  August 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... A. Robinson's order on Friday allowing the payment of advance legal fees to attorneys for the criminal defense of Lake and David ... Westar, court documents show. The company isn't paying advance legal fees for the arbitration and two civil lawsuits. During ...

Article: To market, to market: prepare in advance. (legal ...
San Diego Business Journal;  February 14, 1994 ;     700+ words ...The process of taking a company public can take as few as three or four months. But smart companies begin preparing at least a year or two in advance, said Chip Swearngan, director of investor relations for the McQuertergroup, a San Diego public relations firm. For example, the firm worked with

Article: District Court Dismisses Criminal Charges After Finding That ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  August 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...On July 16, 2007, in U.S. v. Stein, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed criminal charges pending against 13 of 16 defendants, all former partners or employees of the KPMG accounting firm, after finding that the government's actions in pressuring KPMG not to

Article: Sacked because I wore a short skirt for work; Lawyer claims sex ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... AS a successful lawyer, Maxine Kelly was proud of her working ... sent to 50 women working for Advance Legal, a law firm based in Burton ... lives in Birmingham, joined Advance Legal early in 2003. She was soon ... Kehoe, senior partner at Advance Legal, said Miss Kelly's ...

Article: No short skirts or tight tops .. what's too sexy for the office?
Evening News - Scotland;  April 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... stuffy isn't that easy. It certainly wasn't for lawyer Maxine Kelly. The 36-year-old is taking her former bosses to a tribunal ... memo was fired out from managers at Staffordshire law firm Advance Legal forbidding female staff from wearing "revealing or suggestive ...