Author: Alex Aldridge
MP Demands Action After Legal Cheek Reveals £81K Theft Barrister is Still Practising
Today in the House of Commons, Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland will call for...
Farewell To The Arse
A couple of weeks ago the excellent law student information site LawCareers.Net described Legal Cheek’s...
The Generous Lawyer
Monday morning lawyer joke, courtesy of Cheech One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 30 January
Retired lawyer faces jail for ‘harassing’ Kate and Gerry McCann – The Telgraph Growing number...
EXCLUSIVE: £81K Theft Barrister is STILL PRACTISING While On Bail Awaiting Sentencing
A barrister awaiting sentencing after admitting stealing £81,500 from his former chambers represented a client...
Tweeting Barrister Struck-Off by BSB
Along with Mike Semple Piggot (@CharonQC), intellectual property barrister David Harris (@Geeklawyer) is one of...
Contempt of Court : Another One Heads to Jail
A man who shouted obscenities at a judge and punched a bench has become the...
Son of ‘End of Lawyers’ Author Susskind is…a Law Student
Like the popular astrologist Shelley von Strunckel, legal futurologist Richard Susskind OBE makes his living...
Barrister Rebuked for Impersonating Top QC
Yesterday the High Court dismissed barrister David Leathley’s appeal against the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB)...
Cycling QC Avenges Road Rage Torment
If there’s a moral to be taken from the legal news over the last couple...
LSE Students in Freedom of Expression Battle as They Refuse to Remove Jesus and Mohammed Cartoons
The London School of Economics (LSE) Student Union Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society (LSESU ASH)...
Escape Routes From The Law: Doing a Hollywood
For the legions of training contract hunters out there, being a lawyer is a dream....
Barrister’s Error Sees Torturers Escape Jail
As the case of fake kidnap solicitor Francis Bridgeman (pictured) illustrates, lawyers sometimes make big,...
Frances Gibb Tweets; David Allen Green Brands Trainee Lawyer a ‘Twat’
A year ago, when The Times’ legal editor Frances Gibb joined Twitter, uploaded a profile...
Occupy London Mock Trial Pics – by Noah Arjomand
*Update Saturday 21 January: Occupy has cancelled the mock trial of RBS scheduled for today*...
Ticket Price to Oscars-style Lawyer Awards Soars to £7K
How do legal magazines that have seen their print advertising revenues plummet over the last...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 20 January
Belfast solicitor ‘linked to Triads’ – Belfast Telegraph Former judge Beatrice Bolton dog bite charges...
Wannabe Lawyer Sends Letter of Rejection To Oxford Uni
A state-school pupil who was invited to Oxford University for an interview for a place...
Sloppy Reporting Obscures Bar’s True Pupillage Problems
A contributing factor towards lack of diversity at the Bar, and the oversupply of wannabe...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 19 January
City law bonuses reach £35K, but Brazilian lawyer earnings exceed UK counterparts – Legal Cheek...
City Law Bonuses Reach £35K – but Brazilian lawyer earnings exceed UK counterparts
It’s often forgotten that City lawyers get bonuses. But a survey released today shows average...