Author: Legal Cheek

Morning round-up: Monday 20 January

Man arrested at Croydon Crown Court for “impersonating solicitor” [Croydon Advertiser] Long-serving barrister quits her...

Jan 20 2014 7:51am

Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories

1. Law students hit hardest by Oxford Uni email error revealing worst performers 2. 7...

Jan 18 2014 10:41am

Can an Oxbridge law degree put you off becoming a lawyer?

Earlier this week a leaked email revealed that law students were the worst performers at...

Jan 16 2014 12:20pm

Morning round-up: Wednesday 15 January

Topless photos atop Empire State Building spark lawsuit [BBC News] Human rights row: UK quitting...

Jan 15 2014 8:15am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 14 January

Courts becoming clogged as legal aid cuts affect separating couples seeking mediation [The Independent] Geoffrey...

Jan 14 2014 7:38am

Law Society chief’s tax affairs probed by Private Eye

Private Eye has published an article in which it alleges that Des Hudson, the big-earning...

Jan 13 2014 8:43am

Morning round-up: Monday 13 January

The case of confused copyright: Elderly heiress threatens to sue BBC over ownership of Sherlock...

Jan 13 2014 7:56am

Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories

1. Why do so many BPTC students have 2:2s? 2. Lawyers sued for not advising...

Jan 11 2014 9:33am

The end of the day round-up

“There’s nothing wrong or illegal in favouring Oxbridge candidates” [Legal Cheek comments] Garden Court pupil...

Jan 10 2014 4:54pm

Morning round-up: Friday 10 January

Law firm Clifford Chance adopts “CV blind” policy to break Oxbridge recruitment bias [The Independent]...

Jan 10 2014 8:23am

The end of the day round-up

Spending a night in Tottenham after the Mark Duggan inquest [Vice] Mark Duggan Inquest: The...

Jan 9 2014 4:38pm

Morning round-up: Thursday 9 January

Mark Duggan’s family reacts with fury to inquest verdict of lawful killing [The Guardian] The...

Jan 9 2014 8:02am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 8 January

Two guilty over abusive tweets to Caroline Criado-Perez [BBC News] Was South Square barrister Lucy...

Jan 8 2014 7:55am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 7 January

Is there a case for the legal system to turn to European-style justice? [The Telegraph]...

Jan 7 2014 8:01am

WalkOut4Justice: In pictures

This is how the first strike in the Bar’s history looked

Jan 6 2014 1:29pm

Morning round-up: Monday 6 January

Lawyers protesting outside courts over legal aid cuts [BBC News] Criminal barristers should have justice,...

Jan 6 2014 7:39am

The law firm at the heart of the Nick Griffin bankruptcy

Today it has been widely reported that BNP leader Nick Griffin has been declared bankrupt....

Jan 3 2014 12:59pm

Morning round-up: Friday 3 January

One thousand lawyers paid at least £100k a year from public purse…as they threaten strike...

Jan 3 2014 8:14am

Morning round-up: Thursday 2 January

Murderers could get hundreds of years in jail to get round European Court ban [The...

Jan 2 2014 7:46am

Happy Christmas!

Dec 24 2013 3:13pm