Author: Legal Cheek

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 25 July

Exchequer Secretary David Gauke, who says it’s morally wrong to pay tradesmen in cash, was...

Jul 25 2012 8:28am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 24 July

Lawyer took up to 150 explicit photos of wife before she became a judge –...

Jul 24 2012 8:09am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 23 July

Top judge in robes fights off muggers: Thugs target 71-year-old outside Mansion House – Mail...

Jul 23 2012 7:58am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 20 July

Criminals could avoid court in legal shake-up as Keir Starmer suggests bringing “common sense” to prosecutions...

Jul 20 2012 8:35am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 19 July

Pannone plans major recruitment push – Manchester Evening News Law firm Dundas and Wilson sets...

Jul 19 2012 8:23am

TRENDS: Clients Demand ‘Themed Dances’ As Competition Hots Up In Recession Hit Legal Services Market

Solicitors have been offering additional extras for a while now as they bid to ‘add...

Jul 18 2012 9:54am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 18 July

Judge orders schnapps for alcoholic witness to help to spur his memory during murder trial...

Jul 18 2012 7:57am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 17 July

Judge watched porn on courthouse computer, investigation alleges – Chicago Sun Times (via Above the...

Jul 17 2012 8:16am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 16 July

Lawyer fined for licking 21-year-old female client’s ear – Mail Online Woman accused of plotting...

Jul 16 2012 6:17am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 13 July

57.5% of Linklaters associates were privately educated, research reveals – Legal Week Solicitor flips plane...

Jul 13 2012 8:46am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 12 July

‘Aspiring’ law student claims reputational damage from leaked lingerie photos – Above the Law Matthew...

Jul 12 2012 8:17am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 11 July

Why I don’t play games with law students – Bitter Lawyer Tom Cruise’s lawyers in...

Jul 11 2012 8:19am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 10 July

Jailed corporate lawyer sues after being told he can’t order jigsaw puzzles because pieces could...

Jul 10 2012 8:40am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 9 July

Three lawyers make Management Today’s ‘35 Women Under 35’ list – Management Today Serena Williams...

Jul 9 2012 8:16am

‘How Will I Ever Come Out In Front Of Partners Who Say: ‘I Can’t Watch One Foot In The Grave Because That Richard Wilson Is Gay’?’

The words of solicitor-advocate and Law Society council member Keith Etherington, as he recalls how...

Jul 6 2012 2:03pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 6 July

‘Slow-moving, celebrity-infatuated’ Lord Justice Leveson – The Guardian Slippery Uncle Sam spawned the vultures of...

Jul 6 2012 8:19am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 5 July

How Katie Holmes’ lawyer father helped ‘orchestrate split’ that blindsided Tom Cruise – People Can...

Jul 5 2012 8:28am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 4 July

A lawyer should run Barclays – Law Society Gazette How a legal blog survived traffic...

Jul 4 2012 8:07am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 3 July

Serial burglar raids house of his barrister’s daughter by mistake – Evening Chronicle Wiltshire solicitor...

Jul 3 2012 8:25am

Lawyers, Did You Ever Wish You Had Become Rappers? Well, It’s Not Too Late: You Could Still Do a Rap About Law

And as Eminem wannabe Michael Bossone proves in this video of his new single ‘Push’...

Jul 2 2012 9:40am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 2 July

Retired judge among Britons facing extradition to Italy on ‘Mafia money laundering’ charges – The...

Jul 2 2012 8:32am