Addleshaws joins the growing number of firms that have seen PEP motor up despite falls (or only modest increases) in revenue. Addleshaws has seen revenue fall by three per cent from £173.1m in the 2008-09 year (29 June 2009) to £167.5m. PEP grew by five per cent from £405,000 to £426,000.

Those sacked lawyers of 2009 will be pleased their sacrifice wasn’t for nothing. But before they go taking all the credit, here’s another factor.

Legal Week research has found that rising numbers of salaried partners have inflated partner profits by an average of £26,000 across the UK top 30 firms. Manipulation of PEP figures, never!

And at the more charitable end of the legal spectrum, Lawyer2B reports of an Irwin Mitchell trainee that has cheated death after her parachute failed to open during a 10,000 ft charity skydive. Which should help keep her legal career in perspective for a couple of years at least.

If all this carries bad memories, fear not, the Daily Mail reports that scientists have discovered a drug that helps numb the pain of bad memories by flooding the mind with feelings of security and safety. Oh the possibilities.

This might be one such occasion that the plaintiff would rather forget, after she has sued of course:

Hooters was sued today in Michigan for allegedly violating a state law that bars discrimination on the grounds of religion, race, age, sex, height and, yes, weight. Cassandra Marie Smith, 20, alleges in her complaint that she began working at a Hooters in 2008. At the time, she weighed 145 pounds. In a performance evaluation this month, she claims, restaurant management advised her “to join a gym in order to improve herself and her ability to fit into the extra small-sized uniform. “The official uniform for Hooters waitresses, she claims, comes in 3 sizes: extra extra small, extra small, or small. ” WSJ

In the next case, the plaintiff presumably doesn’t remember much about the key event anyway:

Ginger McGuire, who is either a very sound sleeper or was extremely tired, is suing United Airlines for allegedly failing to wake her up after her flight landed in Philadelphia this week. McGuire says that she fell asleep during the flight, and did not wake up until a cleaning crew found her on the plane four hours after it landed. Lowering the Bar

This one would do well to remember the green cross code (or its American equivalent):

Woman Follows Google Maps “Walking” Directions, Gets Hit, Sues: Is Google responsible for giving out bad directions through its Google Maps service? We’re about to find out. After Googling walking directions for a trip in Park City, Utah, Lauren Rosenberg claims she was led onto a busy highway, where she was struck by a vehicle. She’s now suing Google for damages. Searchengineland

Have a sunny weekend.