Author: Alex Aldridge

Leaked CPS email details security breaches in robing room strewn with 999 tapes, confidential files and deodorant cans

Judging by an email leaked to us over the weekend, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)...

Apr 23 2013 12:40pm

PR inexperience of ‘weirdly silent’ striking criminal barristers could cost them dear

The success – or otherwise – of striking criminal barristers’ campaign to prevent the dismantling...

Apr 22 2013 2:58pm

Hopes of an all-solicitor Masterchef final are dashed

There was a moment in Friday’s night’s Masterchef quarter final when it looked like Morgan...

Apr 22 2013 10:30am

The Home Office’s Spelling And Punctuation Shame (In A Press Release About English Language Tests)

As spotted by 1 Crown Office Row barrister Adam Wagner.

Apr 18 2013 5:00pm

After The BPTC Ethics Exam ‘Very Serious Issue’, Tumbleweed…

It has been a month since the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics exam,...

Apr 18 2013 1:18pm

Is Flame-Grilling Your Bridges With Burger King Because You’re Going To Law School Such A Great Idea?

Once upon a time, before a bank called Lehman Brothers collapsed plunging the world into...

Apr 17 2013 9:50am

Chat, Date Or Instruct A Barrister!

The brand association hazards for barristers promoting their services via the Evening Standard‘s small ads...

Apr 16 2013 9:42am

Who Needs Chambers And Partners When You’ve Got Siralan?

Experts have been predicting the demise of legal directories for years. But market leading duo...

Apr 15 2013 10:00am

Did Rochman Landau Solicitor Use Firm Computer To Describe Himself As ‘UK’s Barack Obama’ On His Wikipedia Page?

Lawyers with political ambitions, beware… It has been revealed today that a Wikipedia description of...

Apr 11 2013 1:32pm

The Company Charging Wannabe Lawyers Hundreds Of Pounds For Paralegal Job Interviews

As the odds of landing a training contract or pupillage grow longer, and wannabe lawyers...

Apr 11 2013 10:06am

Lawyer Who Fell Asleep In Court Blames Hippopotamus-Related ‘Spiritual Attack’ Originating In London

A human rights lawyer who fell asleep during a hearing in the Ghanaian Supreme Court...

Apr 8 2013 12:40pm

Why Law Students Should Probably Not Tweet About Killing Politicians

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Indeed, among some people opposed...

Apr 8 2013 9:36am

He’s Got 284 Law Student Problems But A Twitter Follower Shortage Ain’t One

In just two months, with a mere 284 tweets, anonymous law student ‘LawVicissitudes’ has taken...

Apr 5 2013 2:09pm

Why Geographicals Don’t Work

Back in 2007, after I’d spent a year flunking pupillage interviews upon completion of Bar...

Apr 4 2013 9:57am

BSB In Data Protection Howler As It Divulges 1,268 Barristers’ Email Addresses

Just when you thought that the Bar Standards Board (BSB) had run out of embarrassing...

Apr 3 2013 1:18pm

Why Wannabe Lawyers Should Think Twice Before Publishing Poems Lampooning Women Drivers

As the editor of a gossipy, tabloid-ish website, my philosophy is that if anyone voluntarily...

Apr 3 2013 9:40am

Criminal Bar Association Takes Swipe At ‘Dickhead’ Law Student

On Easter Sunday, anonymous Twitter sensation @LawVicissitudes tweeted this cheekily blasphemous gag: What people don’t...

Apr 2 2013 9:43am

Retiring Judge Delivers What May Be The Most Tortuous Equine Metaphor Ever

The Court of Appeal judgment in Colin Wright v Michael Wright Supplies Ltd and Turner...

Mar 28 2013 9:27am

The 3 Step Guide To Launching A Social Media Hate Campaign Against A Law Firm

First start a blog – and call it ‘[insert law firm’s name here] SUCK’ Next, make...

Mar 27 2013 2:16pm

‘Churn That Bill Baby!’ Embarrassment As DLA Piper Billing Emails Emerge

There is embarrassment for DLA Piper this morning after emails emerged in a US court...

Mar 26 2013 9:59am

Trouble In The University Of Law’s Facebook Paradise

Very occasionally, amid the extremely polite chatter of the University of Law’s official Facebook page,...

Mar 25 2013 9:21am