Business Lawyer Question:

One Kent student commented: "These sorts of questions are very popular (not with me!!). They are trying to see how you construct an argument or how well you can think on your feet and how you react under pressure. Be prepared for them to challenge your opinions and arguments in order to test all these qualities thoroughly"

☛ Is the current 28-day limit for detention without charge in terrorism cases sufficiently long?
☛ Should defendants in criminal cases have the right to know the identity of witnesses giving evidence against them?
☛ Do sporting boycotts have any effect on governments’ human rights policies?


The above questions all relate to issues that were widely reported and discussed in the legal and national press during 2008 – interviewers would expect aspiring lawyers to be aware of such issues and to have an opinion on them!

☛ How many petrol stations do you think are in the UK? This is a scoping question.
☛ If you were senior partner in this firm and the BNP came to you for representation what would you do?
☛ If a Client wanted to pay £750,000 for a house in CASH what would you do?
☛ What advice would you give to a friend who wants to set up a restaurant?
☛ How would you explain “the caution” to a client with learning difficulties who is extremely agitated at having just been arrested?
☛ What would you do if three partners all came to you on the same day with separate pieces of work that all needed to be done by 5pm?
☛ Explain the difference between contract and tort in layman’s terms;
☛ What makes you laugh?
☛ If you could have any super power, what would it be, and why?