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That awkward moment when your celebrity client tweets his horror at the copyright infringement letter you sent on his behalf

London IP law firm Carpmaels & Ransford maintains dignified silence after TV adventurer Bear Grylls lifts legal threat against start-up knife company 'Bear Blades'

Aug 11 2014 11:43am

Law student who claimed benefits while at uni is given even more work to do

This is what happens when you don't cancel jobseeker's allowance after starting law school...

Aug 11 2014 9:18am

Morning round-up: Monday 11 August

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Aug 11 2014 7:49am

Legal pic of the day

Interestingly-shaped paper clip on documents sent out by an unnamed law firm

Aug 8 2014 5:13pm

Young lawyer shortlist announced for Law Society ‘excellence awards’

The Law Society’s excellent adventure kicks off again this year with 17 award categories for solicitors, including a gong for training

Aug 8 2014 12:42pm

Durham tops ‘Most Impressive Law School Buildings in the World’ list

English universities take first and second spot in (slightly random) list of visually splendid law schools, with five more institutions from our green and pleasant land featuring elsewhere in the top 50.

Aug 8 2014 9:28am

Morning round-up: Friday 8 August

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Aug 8 2014 7:25am

Legal pic of the day

The continuing mystery of who owns a monkey-selfie

Aug 7 2014 5:05pm

Political blog Guido Fawkes attacks Oxford Uni Labour club chair for doing vac schemes at top City law firms

Law student's social media footprint used by popular right-wing blog to make 'champagne socialism' accusations that don't quite hit the mark

Aug 7 2014 12:23pm

#ThrowbackThursday: Back to the Future II basically predicted the legal aid cuts

Spookily, 1989 cult classic Back to the Future II — which is set in 2015 — forecast not only hipster fashion, but the end of lawyers…

Aug 7 2014 9:35am

Morning round-up: Thursday 7 August

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.

Aug 7 2014 7:57am

Legal pic of the day

Moving moment

Aug 6 2014 4:34pm

Too many lawyers? Blame the bankers

The rocketing number of law graduates -- and the topsy-like growth of the legal profession over the last generation -- has got The Times worried. But the numbers aren’t as simple as they seem

Aug 6 2014 1:26pm

Revealed: the really badly written and fake-sounding LPC scam emails that have spurred SRA warning

Legal Cheek has obtained copies of the LPC funding scam emails that have prompted the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to issue a warning to wannabe lawyers

Aug 6 2014 9:54am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 6 August

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.

Aug 6 2014 8:13am

Legal pic of the day

Has Breaking Bad lawyer Saul Goodman moved to Edinburgh?

Aug 5 2014 4:03pm

Addressing a judge: just don’t call them ‘Your Majesty’

Beware, wannabe lawyers, of emulating defendant at Grimsby Crown Court in using the royal address to greet a judge

Aug 5 2014 1:46pm

The unlucky law firm which went from sharing name with Holocaust denier to sharing name with terrorist group

David M Irving Solicitors may be rueing its 2007 ‘Isis Legal’ rebrand

Aug 5 2014 9:28am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 5 August

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.

Aug 5 2014 7:55am

Legal pic of the day

On today's centenary of the start of the first world war, this photo shows members of the Inns of Court Regiment being drilled in Hertfordshire during the conflict

Aug 4 2014 3:31pm

Edinburgh Uni law graduate cracks America with hilarious ad for his new firm

Scottish solicitor Peter Reid, who moved to Texas in 2010, succeeds where many Brits have failed as he wows US with YouTube masterpiece

Aug 4 2014 2:28pm