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Top London solicitor and law student who worked as prostitute sent each other ‘behaviour contracts’ before suing each other — judgment reveals

Could better drafting have avoided unseemly dispute which graced yesterday's tabloids?

May 14 2014 10:11am

BPP Law School in disability access shame

Astounded disabled trainee solicitor tweets photos of law school's building access "solution".

May 14 2014 9:12am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 14 May

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

May 14 2014 8:19am

Legal pic of the day

Better call, er, Kevin?

May 13 2014 4:58pm

#OpCotton ‘reserved’: Case so far explained through 9 memorable tweets

The judgment on the case that threatens to derail the government's legal aid cuts has been "reserved", with the judges hoping to rule within a "short space of time". Here is what has happened so far.

May 13 2014 3:44pm

Morning round-up: Tuesday 13 May

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

May 13 2014 7:54am

Legal pic of the day

Interesting decision by Bolton law firm Winder Taylor Fallows to go with an acronym.

May 12 2014 5:09pm

Barristers vent pupillage application sift pain on Twitter

Social media-loving barristers are increasingly turning to Twitter to share the tedium of graduate recruitment.

May 12 2014 11:46am

A tie for Mondays

"My dad, a lawyer, gave this to me," writes Imgur user 'Swedishish'. "He had it for years but told me he never had the courage to wear it in court."

May 12 2014 9:01am

Morning round-up: Monday 12 May

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

May 12 2014 8:06am

Legal pic of the day

Someone's got to do it...

May 9 2014 3:48pm

Would you turn down pupillage at a top chambers to go travelling?

A Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) graduate has penned a blog about declining a top intellectual property set's pupillage offer in order to see the world.

May 9 2014 10:06am

The Mitchell decision and the breakdown of meaning

Following the recent further spate of Mitchell-related decisions, it has been determined after careful study of the ratio in each ruling that judges are simply making this stuff up as they go along.

May 9 2014 9:04am

Morning round-up: Friday 9 May

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

May 9 2014 8:16am

Legal pic of the day

Are you sure that's how you spell 'Ashurst'?

May 8 2014 3:56pm

There is a lawyer performing in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

Junior corporate lawyer Sebastiano Paù-Lessi is representing Switzerland as his whistling fiddler alter ego "Sebalter".

May 8 2014 1:52pm

Junior solicitor releases rap album about how much he hated his training contract at top City firm

'Square Meal, Square Mile' details solicitor's unhappiness during TC at top 10 City outfit.

May 8 2014 9:06am

Morning round-up: Thursday 8 May

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

May 8 2014 7:59am

Legal pic of the day

Hot-on-the heels of Wankford v Wankford comes this puerile humour gem.

May 7 2014 3:54pm

Why lawyers need to shower more

Survey of City solicitors finds that they are at their most creative while showering.

May 7 2014 3:07pm