If you work in the London office of a U.S. law firm, you’ll be paid very well. But there are other reasons for working as a lawyer in the U.K. It seems that the Brits just have WAY more fun than we do.

Earlier this year, James Wolcott wrote a Vanity Fair article in which he wondered: Why are British sex scandals so much better than ours? He was referring to the scandals of political leaders. But the same appears to be true about lawyers.

From the Sun (via Charon QC):

A host of lusty lawyers have been dropping their briefs to enjoy a bit of rumpy-pumpy at the office. Steamy tales of sexy solicitors and passionate partners were revealed yesterday by trade magazine Legal Business.

They took the form of a Christmas quiz on gossip picked up by the mag’s journalists – prompting a massive guessing game in the legal industry to identify those involved. The questions posed include:

WHICH female partner at a top City law firm was banished to Asia after she was caught having a three-some with two trainees in the office?

WHICH City partner had to take time off to save his marriage after discovering his wife was having an affair with a Premiership footballer?

WHICH leading partner was so tired of waiting for a cab in Cannes, France, that he hailed a hooker and asked her to drive him to his hotel, before paying her for the lift and asking her to leave?

What’s so bad about that last story? He was just being smart and resourceful.

Other saucy stories involve a secretary smitten with a lawyer who bashed an office love rival with a bottle of champagne.

Then there was the law firm partner who hired an assistant, then bedded her after taking her out for “celebratory” drinks.

The girl felt so guilty at cheating her boyfriend she quit before she officially joined. The mag runs the quiz every year but editor James Baxter said: “This is a good crop.”

So will our friends at the New York Law Journal, or maybe the Legal Times here in Washington, issue a similar quiz? It could be a fun addition to the holiday party. Just be sure to leak a copy to your friends at ATL…

Lawyers Take Their Briefs Down? [Charon QC]
Lawyers Writs’ Out for the Lads [The Sun (London)]
Why Are British Scandals So Much Better Than Ours? [Vanity Fair]