Author: Legal Cheek

End Of The Day Round-Up

Campaign team of PCC candidate Mervyn Barrett (who has rather a lot of Twitter followers)...

Oct 22 2012 6:14pm

Twitter Suspends QualitySolicitors’ Anti Co-Op Law Account

QualitySolicitors’ campaign against “faceless” legal services providers – which we highlighted on Friday – has backfired after...

Oct 22 2012 3:13pm

Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Protester Trenton Oldfield And His, Er, Oxford-Educated Lawyers…

While the decision to jail Trenton Oldfield has been greeted with shock – the New...

Oct 22 2012 9:13am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 22 October

Britain’s legal system needs an overhaul [Financial Times] Charon UK Tour update…and the new ‘Roving...

Oct 22 2012 8:20am

Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories

1. Is It OK For a Law Firm To Publicly Describe One Of Its Secretaries...

Oct 20 2012 9:36am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Top female barrister’s career in tatters after assault conviction for pulling her 11-year-old daughter’s hair...

Oct 19 2012 5:45pm

Parading Around With a Tyre On Your Head: Enough To Halt The Tide Of Co-op Law?

Spotted yesterday in Covent Garden: representatives of QualitySolicitors parading around with vegetables and tyres on...

Oct 19 2012 12:19pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 19 October

British court says Apple is way cooler than Samsung; but coolness ≠ IP infringement [Above...

Oct 19 2012 8:19am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Gay couple win Berkshire B&B refusal case [BBC] Nick Griffin tweets gay B&B couple’s home...

Oct 18 2012 5:45pm

Car Ploughs Through The Wall Of Law Firm AGAIN: Potentially Deadly Crash Is Second In 6 Years

Is Exeter law firm St James’ Solicitors the most dangerous place to work in Britain?...

Oct 18 2012 2:49pm

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 18 October

Lost generation fears for criminal legal aid solicitors of Labour’s Sadiq Khan [Law Society Gazette]...

Oct 18 2012 8:31am

End Of The Day Round-Up

High-powered lawyer named as ‘client’ of Zumba teacher ‘hooker’ in scandal that has rocked quiet...

Oct 17 2012 5:11pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 17 October

From torts to tarts: Legal eagle John Whaite (who did a vac scheme with Eversheds)...

Oct 17 2012 8:25am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Hull judge warns of drunken Eastern European sea captains [The Telegraph] ‘He literally couldn’t speak’:...

Oct 16 2012 7:11pm

Is It OK For a Law Firm To Publicly Describe One Of Its Secretaries As ‘The Office Cougar’?

The employee bios listed on the website of Liverpool law firm McKays are, like, totally...

Oct 16 2012 2:27pm

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 16 October

Jan Moir: Manchester Uni law graduate John Whaite is “unpredictable but with flashes of baking...

Oct 16 2012 7:03am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Only 20% of the general public associate lawyers with the phrase “act ethically”[Lawyer Watch] Lawyer...

Oct 15 2012 5:46pm

Morning Round-Up: Monday 15 October

How my father, George Carman QC, may have helped Jimmy Savile escape justice [The Observer]...

Oct 15 2012 5:56am

Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories

1. Constance Briscoe Is Arrested 2. ‘They Were Lovely!’ Bar Students Suck Up To Wills...

Oct 13 2012 3:02pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Wearing Ugg boots while driving can cause accidents, judge warns [The Telegraph] Future of law:...

Oct 12 2012 5:38pm