It wasn’t just City pavements which took a pounding as a result of this month’s Standard Chartered City Race; this column also received its own beating from Baker & McKenzie associate Sally Onn, over last week’s remark that no lawyers made it into the top ten in the Standard Chartered 5km City Race this month. What Obiter failed to notice – for which we sincerely apologise – was that it was only the menfolk who let the profession down so badly. In fact, there were four runners from law firms in the women’s top-ten table: Karen Ellison from Reed Smith; Gemma Jones from LG; Sally Onn herself and Mathilde Heaton at DLA Piper. Knowing what we do about the super-efficiency of women lawyers – despite the pay gap endured by some – we wouldn’t be surprised if they were pinging out a few client emails on their BlackBerries as they whizzed past.
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