Author: Alex Aldridge

Why Did The Criminal Bar Association Choose Judge John Deed To Deliver Its Annual Lecture?

Surreal scenes yesterday evening at the Criminal Bar Association’s (CBA) annual ‘Kalisher lecture’, which was...

Oct 17 2012 8:46am

EVENT: Legal Cheek At The Google Campus

On the evening of Wednesday 5 December Legal Cheek is hosting a star-studded panel debate...

Oct 16 2012 7:55am

Knowing Me Alan Partridge, Knowing You Norfolk Poly: Why Cheesy £350 UCAS Statements Will Only Take You So Far

Yesterday The Observer announced it had “discovered” that sixth-formers are paying up to £350 for...

Oct 15 2012 1:12pm

Day Of Reckoning Arrives For Court Interpreting Company Which Offered Jobs To Animals

Applied Language Solutions (ALS), the gaffe-prone interpreting service awarded the exclusive right to supply interpreters...

Oct 15 2012 6:29am

Mystery As English Solicitor Found Dead In Yemen

Roger Stokes, an English solicitor with the Yemeni law firm Sheikh Tariq Abdullah, has died...

Oct 12 2012 1:04pm

‘Senior Partners At Major Law Firms Can’t Afford To Live In Central London’, Claims Top US Lawyer

Mark Herrmann, a senior in-house lawyer at multinational company Aon, has recently moved to London...

Oct 12 2012 9:18am

Barrister Who Was Rebuked For Impersonating Top QC Points Finger At BSB After He’s Fined For Working Illegally

Cardiff-based barrister David Leathley, who spent almost £50,000 unsuccessfully fighting claims he posed as Joel...

Oct 11 2012 1:58pm

It’s Official: City Lawyers Hate Their Jobs

At last night’s Life With Law talk on ‘finding your path and making things happen’,...

Oct 11 2012 10:17am

Constance Briscoe Is Arrested

Judge and author Constance Briscoe, who is a prosecution witness in the Huhne trial, has...

Oct 9 2012 2:21pm

Is The Legal Profession Really On The Verge Of Revolution?

There was excited talk of “profound change”, “broken business models” and “the end of Law...

Oct 9 2012 12:09pm

Observer Hints That Solicitor Called ‘Chris’ May Have Been Involved In Civil Procedure Rules Breach. But Who’s ‘Chris’?

Yesterday may not have been the most relaxing Sunday for a mystery media law partner...

Oct 8 2012 10:09am

Young Bar Chief’s ‘Be The Best’ Cry Has a Hollow Ring To It

David Nicholls, the chairman of the Young Barristers’ Committee (YBC), has issued a call for...

Oct 5 2012 10:19am

ADVICE: ‘How Can I Get a First Class Degree?’

‘Mike’, who has just begun an undergraduate law degree, wants to know what it takes...

Oct 4 2012 12:12pm

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Made In Chelsea, The Lawyers’ Version – Leaked Pilot Tape

Back in April, we reported that SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC (pictured) had mentioned the...

Oct 3 2012 1:15pm

What’s Going On At 36 Bedford Row?

News has reached us that several senior members of 36 Bedford Row’s clerking team are...

Oct 3 2012 9:00am

Law Graduate Launches Online Begging Campaign To Save Him From Living With His Parents Until He’s 40

In Britain, law graduates who have failed to secure jobs as solicitors/barristers either toil away...

Oct 2 2012 12:03pm

All 3 Previous Non-Lawyer Lord Chancellors Ended Up In Tower Of London, Lord Chief Justice Tells Chris Grayling

Chris Grayling, the new hard-line Lord Chancellor, isn’t the kind of guy who naturally elicits...

Oct 2 2012 9:29am

Who Said Judges Don’t Get Social Media?

The full transcript of yesterday’s annual press conference with the Lord Chief Justice is very...

Sep 28 2012 9:14am

EXCLUSIVE: Mr Loophole Closes Down His Law Firm, All Staff Made Redundant

Freeman Keep On Driving, the specialist drink driving law firm owned by Nick “Mr Loophole”...

Sep 27 2012 2:10pm

Michael Mansfield: Women ‘Seriously Underrepresented’ In Parliament (No. Of Female QCs In Mansfield’s Chambers: 0)

“The House of Commons is not representative of the electorate,” began a high-minded letter in...

Sep 27 2012 9:39am

Law Firm Exclaims ‘Delight’ At Having 43,000 Twitter Followers; Fails To Mention They’re Almost All Fake

In its September newsletter, Blavo & Co Solicitors professes itself “excited and delighted by our...

Sep 26 2012 1:29pm