From secondary school teacher to partner in a law firm

Career paths are not always straight forward. Simon Pathé’s certainly wasn’t. He was one of four new partners who chose to join law firm Willans of late, and he sat down with Raikes to explain why.

Dear readers,

Welcome to the Monday edition of The Raikes Journal.

Today we go big on a big interview we were lucky enough to do with Simon Pathé, one of the newest partners at Gloucestershire-headquartered law firm Willans.

We were interested in speaking to him for so many reasons - because of his unusual path into the legal profession, because he chose to jump ship from a big Bristol firm to Gloucestershire, and because it promised to give us a little more insight into one of the county’s most highly regarded law firms.

Pathé also happens to be the author of the expert insight piece we flag below too, which takes a look at some of the changes coming down the line ref the Employment Rights Bill that, if you run a business, you really need to take a look at.

Before that, we also feature a few words on an exciting new hotel development proposed for Gloucester city centre, our usual business briefing notes and news of a charity - part of our ongoing efforts to bring you closer to the many su…