Author: Legal Cheek
Morning round-up: Wednesday 23 October
12 ridiculous and outdated British laws that still exist [Buzzfeed] Law in Action: Chemical weapons...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 22 October
A “legal assault” threatening the armed forces? Nonsense [The Guardian] From self-driving cars to man-made...
Could competing in a beauty contest help you bag a training contract?
A Legal Practice Course (LPC) graduate who has reached the finals of Miss Great Britain...
Morning round-up: Monday 21 October
Tory MP says he felt zero hours contract pain…as a £250-an-hour barrister [The Mirror] Cherie...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. A guide to determining which type of fat cat lawyer the Daily Mail thinks...
Morning round-up: Friday 18 October
Lawyers, beware lawyers [The Economist] Legal claims “could paralyse” armed forces [BBC News] President of...
Morning round-up: Thursday 17 October
Michael Mansfield QC calls for legal profession to strike against legal aid cuts [Justice Gap]...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 16 October
Top solicitor who specialises in motoring “loophole” cases is caught at twice the drink-drive limit...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 15 October
Attorney General: Britain’s “economic, physical and ethical well-being” depends on it playing an “active part”...
End of the day round-up
Baroness Hale to speak at (free) social mobility in legal aid event on Wednesday 30...
A guide to determining which type of fat cat lawyer the Daily Mail thinks you are
Blackfriars Chambers criminal barrister John Mack has created this useful cut-out-and-keep guide (click on image...
Morning round-up: Monday 14 October
GCHQ accused of monitoring privileged emails between lawyers and clients [The Guardian] We need a...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. Top judge tells solicitor that his romantic emails to glamour model ‘would not necessarily...
End of the day round-up
Ban on Oxbridge hopefuls applying to both Oxford and Cambridge may breach EU competition law...
Morning round-up: Friday 11 October
Leveson’s anger as MP questions him over lawyers’ affair [Mail Online] UK asylum seekers “told...
End of the day round-up
Female lawyers earn a third less than males [The Lawyer] War criminal Charles Taylor to...
If I knew then what I know now — at the Google Campus
This evening’s event is fully booked — but any returns will be available on the...
Morning round-up: Thursday 10 October
The hashtag for this evening’s ‘If I knew then what I know now — at...
End of the day round-up
Did you know it’s legal to smoke weed in North Korea? Dude, suddenly it all...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 9 October
EU bans packets of 10 and menthol cigarettes [The Telegraph] Human Rights attacked again — the...
End of the day round-up
Dechert lawyer Miriam González Durántez: Why I’m calling on brilliant British women to go back...