Author: Legal Cheek
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Lap dancer loses sacking claim [The Independent] Matrix silk overturns Stringfellows stripper decision [The Lawyer]...
Just When You Thought Personal Injury Law Couldn’t Get Any Classier…‘Pimp My Claim’ Arrives
“After 16 years practising personal injury law I have now seen it all,” wrote Zenith...
2012: ‘The Year Social Media Made It Onto The Legal Map’
Over a bottle or two of the finest Tesco Value red wine, the Legal Cheek...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 21 December
Julian Assange: “democracy is the sum of our resistance” [Head of Legal] ‘Julian Assange’s speech,...
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Trainee retention figures hold up [Law Society Gazette] Solicitor faces up to 5 years in...
Mooting Fails: ‘It’s Very Embarrassing…I Am Not Entirely Familiar With The Facts Myself’
Among the mooting clips recently placed on video-sharing site Vimeo by City Law School are...
‘Can You Be A Lawyer With Tattoos?’ Asks Wannabe Barrister Professor Green
And the answer to rapper Professor Green’s question, which he asked the other day on...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 20 December
Looks like we’re not the only country with social media issues… Law blogger questioned by...
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How to abuse people on Twitter and get away with it [The Guardian] Michael Douglas’s...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 19 December
Posters of offensive messages on Twitter or Facebook less likely to face criminal charges, under...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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Grayling sets out plan for culling judicial reviews [Law Society Gazette] Jon Robins follows the...