Author: Legal Cheek

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 4 October

Judge slams ‘unthinkable’ EU human rights cases as he dismisses claim by two prisoners over...

Oct 4 2012 8:37am

End Of The Day Round-Up

(Another) Bar Standards Board faux pas? [Lawyer Watch] ‘Seriously, LinkedIn…you want me to wish people...

Oct 3 2012 5:59pm

Lawyer Drops Joint In Court – In Front Of Police Officers

Monday was a bad day for US prosecutor Jason Cantrell… The full story is at...

Oct 3 2012 12:01pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 3 October

Is this really a good outfit for court? Disgraced solicitor and his ex-girlfriend in low-cut...

Oct 3 2012 8:15am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Profile: Lord Neuberger [The i Paper] Slaughter and May to cut 28 secretarial jobs [RollOnFriday]...

Oct 2 2012 6:56pm

Great British Bake Off Star John Whaite Rejected Eversheds To Pursue Baking Dream

This evening John Whaite will fight it out for a place in the semi-finals of...

Oct 2 2012 4:20pm

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 2 October

Futurologist: firms starting to embrace new ways of working as ‘legal factories’ loom [Legal Futures]...

Oct 2 2012 8:30am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Man in court charged with having sex with a horse [This is Derbyshire] Ex-Herbert Smith...

Oct 1 2012 4:46pm

Fleein’ To The…Aegean? Graduate Job Strategy Of The Week

Spotted over the weekend on thestudentroom.co.uk… “Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knows how...

Oct 1 2012 12:09pm

Happy New Legal Year!

Thanks to lawyer and fitness guru Mark Stephens for alerting us to the fact that...

Oct 1 2012 9:29am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 1 October

Time Warner accuses female lawyer of ordering 17 porn movies in four days [Mail Online]...

Oct 1 2012 8:03am

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

1. Mr Loophole Closes Down His Law Firm, All Staff Made Redundant 2. Law Firm...

Sep 29 2012 10:48am

End Of The Day Round-Up

BPP Law School Bar Professional Training Course graduate suing Asda for £15K after its security...

Sep 28 2012 4:33pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 28 September

The lawyers on the FA panel that has banned and fined John Terry for racial...

Sep 28 2012 8:34am

End Of The Day Round-Up

How barrister-to-be gave a group of disruptive children one last chance of an education in...

Sep 27 2012 5:56pm

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 27 September

Shot burglars told by Judge Michael Pert QC ‘that’s the chance you take’ [The Sun]...

Sep 27 2012 8:13am

End Of The Day Round-Up

‘Leaks uncool’ according to Yahoo general counsel’s leaked memo [Corporate Counsel] Solicitor’s pioneering free Twitter...

Sep 26 2012 5:33pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 26 September

Top lawyer arrested for ‘raping two women at knifepoint at different massage parlours’ [Mail Online]...

Sep 26 2012 8:29am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Tax barrister drags economic justice campaigners from room and calls them ‘trespassing scum’ and ‘intruders’...

Sep 25 2012 5:48pm

The Graduate Diploma in Law: At First It Makes You Happy…

Assorted scenes from week one, term one, of the GDL And a taster of week...

Sep 25 2012 1:06pm

For The Millionth Time, It’s MiddlesBROUGH! – London Lawyer Named And Shamed By Two Local Newspapers For Spelling Town’s Name Wrong

Adam Chapman, the head of public law at top London firm Kingsley Napley, has found...

Sep 25 2012 10:05am