Author: Legal Cheek

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 31 January

Mike Semple Piggot meets struck-off barrister David Harris – Charon QC Legal action against ex-MI6...

Jan 31 2012 9:01am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: Poulter & Aldridge Meet the Shadow Attorney General

This week on the #RoundMyKitchenTable podcast shadow Attorney-General Emily Thornberry joins journalist Alex Aldridge and...

Jan 27 2012 3:00pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 27 January

Barrister (pictured) signs curry deal with Jamie Oliver’s agent – Wirral Globe Leveson suggests Facebook...

Jan 27 2012 8:45am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 26 January

Uninsured law student fled after knocking down pedestrian – The Bolton News Solicitors quit jobs...

Jan 26 2012 8:45am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 25 January

Senior judge publicly reprimanded over driving ban – The Guardian Lawyer faces losing $10.3m lottery...

Jan 25 2012 10:38am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 24 January

Europe’s top judge: Cameron is wrong about human rights – The Independent Lawyer thought to...

Jan 24 2012 8:48am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 23 January

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp in dock over tax evasion – The Telegraph Quartet of top...

Jan 23 2012 8:52am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: Twork Experience, Fairy Tales & City Lawyer Fat Cats

Earlier this week, law student David Woodall set out some etiquette for asking lawyers for...

Jan 20 2012 10:26am

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: I wish I’d never started the LPC

Hi Auntie Em, I’m midway through the Legal Practice Course (LPC), having just reconvened after...

Jan 19 2012 2:05pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 18 January

Occupy London protesters to learn eviction verdict – The Guardian Celeb loophole lawyer fined £60...

Jan 18 2012 8:56am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 17 January

File-sharing ACS Law solicitor fined and suspended – PC Pro Baroness Eaton urges re-think of...

Jan 17 2012 8:58am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 16 January

Nazi’s lawyer helps disgraced former Israeli president Katsav – The Independent Judge thanks artist for...

Jan 16 2012 8:50am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: Aldridge & Poulter Analyse Week’s Legal News

Journalist Alex Aldridge and solicitor Kevin Poulter discuss the week’s legal news over a bottle...

Jan 13 2012 1:11pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 13 January

Manchester barrister faces prison for £81K theft – BBC Zimbabwe judge slams biased prosecutors –...

Jan 13 2012 8:51am

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I put a kiss on an email to my boss’

Dear Auntie Em, I wrote an email the other day to the partner in charge...

Jan 12 2012 3:22pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: Do the Inns of Court Need Modernising?

Why do the Inns of Court make public their combined £4.7m scholarship fund, but refuse...

Jan 6 2012 11:23am

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I got drunk and told my colleagues I hate them’

Dear Auntie Em, At last month’s office Christmas party I got very drunk and told...

Jan 5 2012 1:47pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: ILEX, CONTEMPT OF COURT AND CHRISTMAS CHEER

Contrary to popular belief, Alex Aldridge is not locked up in a Morroccan jail for...

Dec 23 2011 10:59am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: SEASONAL CHRISTMAS PARTY PODCAST

This week Alex Aldridge is taking a barely earned rest from uploading blogs to Legal...

Dec 16 2011 11:00am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: TAKING A GAP YEAR TO SECURE A TRAINING CONTRACT

Law graduates Flora Duguid and Cathryn Kozlowski have both opted to take gap years before...

Dec 9 2011 11:31am

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I just love saying ‘going forward’!’

Dear Auntie Em, I consider myself a well spoken individual, who uses the English language...

Dec 8 2011 9:51am