Choosing a lawyer

Tuesday, 8th January 2008 by Matthew Rock

Three legal teams down, poor Britney Spears may have lessons for entrepreneurs.

Britney Spears has just been dumped by her third firm of lawyers. The pop idol is clearly too much to handle for even the most patient of firms.

Entrepreneurs can be tough customers, too, and sorry tales abound of bust-ups between businesspeople and their advisers. Here's our guidance (sorry, Britney, we think you may have got it wrong) on how best to work with, and keep up your relationship, with a firm of solicitors.