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Morning round-up: Tuesday 8 July

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

Jul 8 2014 8:05am

Legal pic of the day

Lawyers escape the office en masse to watch the Tour de France whiz down the back of the Inns of Court this afternoon.

Jul 7 2014 4:37pm

Barrister quits bar to become a barista

The tale of a lawyer who’s jacked it all in to run a café.

Jul 7 2014 1:27pm

LPC applications fall by 10% despite 8% rise in training contracts

Decline in LPC applications suggests that students don't believe recent increase in training contract numbers will be sustained.

Jul 7 2014 10:41am

Morning round-up: Monday 7 July

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

Jul 7 2014 8:00am

Legal pic of the day

Intellectual property infringin'

Jul 4 2014 4:03pm

There shall be a 2014 ‘Barrister Hottie’ List — and nominations are open

The Barrister Hottie Experts will once again breach Inns of Court protocol and objectify hapless members of the Bar by ranking them according to their looks.

Jul 4 2014 10:27am

No computers, smoking in the office and a comment about a female trainee’s ‘backside’: this video of Slaughter and May from 1981 is incredible

Someone has put a video on YouTube that was filmed inside top City law firm Slaughter and May in 1981.

Jul 4 2014 9:30am

Morning round-up: Friday 4 July

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

Jul 4 2014 7:49am

Legal pic of the day

Lawyer graffiti

Jul 3 2014 4:36pm

‘Right to be forgotten’ ruling sees article about ‘foul-mouthed’ ex-Law Society president removed from Google

Articles in The Independent, The Telegraph and The Guardian about Robert Sayer disappear from search engine after implementation of controversial ruling.

Jul 3 2014 4:26pm

7 spectacular legal typos

When jargon goes very wrong indeed...

Jul 3 2014 12:58pm

Pupil master cracks Jimmy Savile ‘mitigating circumstances’ gag on student advice forum — nobody laughs

TheStudentRoom message board removes barrister's ill-judged quip...after we got a screenshot.

Jul 3 2014 9:06am

Morning round-up: Thursday 3 July

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

Jul 3 2014 8:02am

Massive 38 per cent fall in tenancies isn’t as bad as had been feared

Three months after releasing incorrect tenancy statistic, the Bar Council and Bar Standards Board produce correct figure.

Jul 2 2014 10:35pm

Legal pic of the day

Newcastle Crown Court on an average damp summer Monday.

Jul 2 2014 4:27pm

Is that a former Blue Peter presenter banging on about the Human Rights Act?

Sadly, no -- it’s an MP instead. But a recent City of London event on whether the law should be scrapped still generates volatile and at times polarised debate.

Jul 2 2014 2:47pm

Chambers beware – mini-pupillages and the confidentiality horror

Bar Council warns barristers in 22-page guidance that mini-pupils should sign undertakings before arriving at chambers

Jul 2 2014 12:18pm

Tealeaf half-inches barrister’s horsehair syrup — from courtroom

Criminal lawyer puts out all-points bulletin on stolen wig, which went missing in middle of Harrow Crown Court trial.

Jul 2 2014 9:37am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 2 July

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

Jul 2 2014 8:02am