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Legal pic of the day
Aggressive and intoxicated octopus (missing some tentacles) spotted in Croydon County Court's robing room.
‘They call me Gerrie Nel and I am mad as hell’: Now Pistorius prosecutor gets his own rap
Following the hip hop creations spawned in tribute to Oscar Pistorius' defence lawyer, Barry Roux, a track has been recorded in honour of tough-talking Gerrie Nel, the prosecutor in the case.
Google autocomplete reveals people’s true feelings about lawyers
Hot arrogant scum: The British public's view of solicitors, barristers and law students is rather confused.
Morning round-up: Thursday 17 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Mr Compensator!
A law-themed drinking game called ‘Hammertime’ has been created
Could "Hammertime", which was first popularised among Australian law students, go global this summer?
Another criminal barristers chambers axes its pupillage
EXCLUSIVE: Criminal set Dyers Chambers — which specialises in high value fraud and serious crime — withdraws its pupillage for 2015.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 16 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
A law firm's friendly reminder to staff on the importance of punctuation.
We’re selling a limited number of ‘Eat Sleep Law Repeat’ T-shirts
Poor wannabe lawyers have it so much worse than other students, as Legal Cheek duo Thomas Connelly and Lucy Pether (pictured) well know...
Top QCs slam Pistorius prosecutor’s cross-examination style
Don't imitate approach of Gerrie Nel, urge three silks on Twitter.
Taxi driver films himself rebuffing lawyer’s sexual advances — litigation ensues
Video of drunken US lawyer seducing taxi driver leads to three legal disputes.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 15 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Who turns up to court in their pyjamas?
QC day: in cat selfies
Bringing together the cat selfie template that exploded on social media over the weekend and today's QC appointment ceremony.
Paralegal who sent takedown notice to remove Wonga parody meme forced into internet hiding
Wonga's legal team hand recent University of Law graduate the dubious privilege of getting an image parodying the company removed from Twitter. Backlash focuses on him, rather than senior members of legal team.
Who’s been pinching textbooks from Gray’s Inn?
Inn of Court issues issues Facebook plea after textbooks go missing.
Morning round-up: Monday 14 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
The winner of our Facebook caption competition is...Elwyn Evans.
Law student jailed for dealing crack cocaine
Hertfordshire University first-year law student is sent to prison for three years this morning, after disastrous sequence of events set in motion by his lack of money.
Four candles stolen from magistrates court — or was it fork handles?
Candle theft sees lawyer make Two Ronnies quip.