Author: Legal Cheek
End Of The Day Round-Up
DPP’s interim guidelines for social media prosecutions embargoed til midnight. But Twitter Joke Trial barrister...
Ex-Eastenders and Strictly Star Chris Parker On His Frustration With Law Firms’ A-Level Obsession
After spending his 20s as an actor, rising to fame in Eastenders and Strictly Come...
Legal Twitter Profile Of The Week
In these difficult times for the legal profession, it’s all about carving out a niche…
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 18 December
Commission on a Bill of Rights BINGO [UK Human Rights Blog] Slaughter and May solicitor...
End Of The Day Round-Up
“The Bill of Rights Commission reports tomorrow. Please, please can we all try to be...
JOB ALERT: Clinical Negligence Paralegal
From Baby Barristers: a top London law firm seeks a paralegal for its clinical negligence...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 17 December
Barrister snub to diversity monitoring “embarrassing” and “pathetic” [Legal Futures] Judges take on ministers over...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Gary McKinnon will face no UK charges [CPS Blog] Margaret Moran’s lawyer, Jim Sturman QC,...
A Tesco Law Metaphor? Law Firm’s YouTube Christmas Card In Which Its Solicitors Are Wiped Out By Huge Snowball
Is the wintry mini-disaster movie created by Bhayani Bracewell in its YouTube Christmas card an...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 14 December
Law firms suffer worst quarter since 2010 [Financial Times (£)] Doubt over City law firm...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Grayling sets out plan for culling judicial reviews [Law Society Gazette] Jon Robins follows the...
Lord McAlpine’s Solicitor Warns Wannabes Off Career In Law
We picked up today’s The Times interview (£) with Lord McAlpine’s solicitor, Andrew Reid, in...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 13 December
Broadcasters pushing for cameras in court only want ‘rape, blood and gore’, claims peer [Press...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Trainee retention rates dip in 2012 as post-recession recovery falters [Legal Week] Judge credits knife-wielding...
Solicitor In N-Word Row
Earlier this week a letter was published by a newspaper in Stoke which took issue...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 12 December
Gay marriage row: Ukip plans to derail David Cameron [The Guardian] Why are dead people...
End Of The Day Round-Up
39 Essex Street’s Justine Thornton’s admiration for Dechert’s Miriam Gonzalez [Grazia] Gay marriage to be...
Better Late Than Never: Lawyers – Gangnam Style
Yesterday University of Southampton law student Tommy Chuang released ‘Lawyer Style’ – as far as...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 11 December
‘There are now more lawyers in the country than police officers. Why is that?’ [Mail...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Chief prosecutor supports scrapping law against insults [The Telegraph] Lincoln’s Inn Christmas tree [Emma-Jane Tritton...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 10 December
Six fat cat lawyers get £½MILLION each a year legal aid [The Sun] A much-used...