Author: Alex Aldridge

Fashion Law: It’s Booming, Darling

Jobless LPC students and law graduates, have you considered fashion law? Suddenly, everyone seems to...

Mar 7 2012 3:57pm

Does Chelsea’s City Lawyer Chairman Know What He’s Doing?

Meet Bruce Buck (pictured left), the Chelsea FC chairman, member of Roman Abramovich’s inner circle,...

Mar 7 2012 11:45am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 7 March

Strauss-Kahn hotel maid lawyer set to join Cambridge protest – Cambridge News Crooked solicitor smuggled...

Mar 7 2012 8:58am

The Sun Launches X-Factor-Style Law School and Training Contract Competition

In a move that some may view as a sign of the legal profession going...

Mar 6 2012 9:50am

The Next Alan Hansen? Judge Gives Sentencing a Match of The Day Flavour

A Manchester judge felt moved to criticise the recent behaviour of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez...

Mar 6 2012 9:16am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 6 March

Repatriation row over lawyer’s body – Hamilton Advertiser Lawyer nets world marmalade award – Newmarket...

Mar 6 2012 8:15am

City Lawyers Go After David Wolfe QC

RollOnFriday’s story about newly appointed silk David Wolfe QC (pictured) signing a letter in 2003...

Mar 5 2012 2:59pm

Law Student Branded ‘Slut’ By Talk Show Host Gets Obama Call

The following would never happen in Britain… On 23 February, Georgetown Law School student Sandra...

Mar 5 2012 10:15am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 5 March

‘This was a professional hit’: Michael Mansfield QC backs Jill Dando assassination claim – The...

Mar 5 2012 8:31am

BREAKING NEWS: Fire Alarm LPC Students WON’T Be Required To Re-Sit Exam

Good news for LPC students at Liverpool John Moores University whose business law and practice...

Mar 2 2012 10:33am

Legal Tweeters Shunned In The Independent’s Twitter 100

The legal profession is waking up this morning to the distressing news that not a...

Mar 1 2012 10:00am

Becoming a QC: Easy as £4,200 inc VAT

The congratulations email received by today’s new QCs comes with…a bill for £4,200 (inclusive of...

Feb 29 2012 2:00pm

Michael Mansfield QC: ‘The Johnny Depp Of The Legal World’

“Radical; vegetarian; socialist. These three words are rarely used in conjunction with lawyers, but these...

Feb 29 2012 12:01pm

Should Law Schools Refund Students if They Can’t Get a Job?

In a move that may interest jobless British law graduates and the bigwigs on the...

Feb 28 2012 2:50pm

EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Providers’ Wildly Differing Exam Lengths Provoke Unfairness Accusations

BPTC students are up in arms about the wildly differing lengths of exam times between...

Feb 28 2012 10:31am

EXCLUSIVE: Fire Alarm Causes LPC Exam To Be Abandoned Mid-Way Through

LPC students at Liverpool John Moores University are in limbo after a fire alarm went...

Feb 27 2012 9:37am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 27 February

LawVest controversy as it emerges DLA boss has personal stake – The Lawyer The world’s...

Feb 27 2012 9:01am

Freshfields Trainees in Pretend Homelessness Adventure

Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has given its trainee solicitors a rare break from...

Feb 23 2012 2:18pm

Lord Justice of Appeal Slams MasterChef Hopefuls

When BBC series MasterChef set its contestants the task of cooking a qualifying session dinner...

Feb 23 2012 11:45am

Ryanair Boss Boasts About His In-House Lawyers’ Low Pay

Ryanair’s commitment to cheapness extends to its in-house lawyers, it has emerged. In a spat...

Feb 22 2012 4:01pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 22 February

Jailed fake kidnap City lawyer released as ‘act of mercy’ – Daily Mail Law student...

Feb 22 2012 8:46am