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Do the lawyers who are demanding that @Pippatips be deleted understand Twitter?

According to The Independent, Harbottle & Lewis is demanding, on behalf of Pippa Middleton, that...

Jul 15 2013 1:58pm

Lawyer sues Apple for letting him access porn after typing error

US lawyer Chris Sevier has filed a claim against Apple for failing to protect him...

Jul 15 2013 11:00am

Spoof Lord Chief Justice application by Lord Justice Moses (aged 67½) — the full text

On Friday the Law Society Gazette‘s Catherine Baksi reported that Court of Appeal judge Sir...

Jul 15 2013 8:45am

Name that UK Supreme Court Justice

The 12 UK Supreme Court judges may not rack up Justin Bieber levels of views...

Jul 12 2013 2:11pm

‘If I knew then what I know now… I’d be on my hands and knees begging my younger self not to become a criminal barrister’

The criminal Bar no longer offers a path to a nice middle class lifestyle, but...

Jul 12 2013 10:04am

The most warped employment tribunal arguments used by claimants to (generally unsuccessfully) hang onto their jobs

A recent tribunal which saw a teacher compare Jews to Star Trek’s Vulcans — and...

Jul 11 2013 2:05pm

Client-focused lawyer abandons submerged Ferrari to get to hearing on time

Earlier this week photos of a Ferrari submerged in a flooded Toronto underpass went viral...

Jul 11 2013 8:45am

‘We don’t even want to know your grades’: Is this the future of hiring pupil barristers?

Exclusive: Outer Temple Chambers has launched a new approach to graduate recruitment, which it is...

Jul 10 2013 9:09am

Top lawyers’ faces on other top lawyers

We tried to come up with a good reason for doing this, but there isn’t...

Jul 9 2013 1:47pm

Barbara Hewson’s defence of notorious age of consent article on Channel 4 news last night unlikely to win her pals

Human rights barrister Barbara Hewson’s decision to write an article for Spiked magazine arguing, amongst...

Jul 9 2013 9:48am

Charmaines and Kylies in law: a full statistical breakdown

On Friday we reported that reality TV star Katie Hopkins had used the legal profession...

Jul 8 2013 12:28pm

Spotted in the Temple: the filming of Silk series 3 — and Rupert Penry-Jones isn’t happy

The good news for actor Rupert Penry-Jones, who plays barrister Clive Reader in hit BBC...

Jul 8 2013 8:59am

‘Would I really be happy being told what to do by a 25 year-old?’

After quitting his job as an art history lecturer to retrain as a lawyer ten...

Jul 5 2013 12:25pm

Are there really no lawyers called Charmaine or Kylie?

Ex-Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins reckons that the legal profession is an area of life that...

Jul 5 2013 10:22am

Law Society ditches ‘legal executive of the year’ prize as new path emerges to rival training contract

For the first time since 2008 there will be no ‘legal executive of the year’...

Jul 4 2013 2:42pm

John McCririck’s use of anti-discrimination legislation heralds the end of irony

Legal Cheek’s new columnist WaitroseLaw is dismayed by John McCririck’s use of a forthcoming employment...

Jul 4 2013 12:44pm

Witness testifies via Skype in live televised trial: what could possibly go wrong?

When, yesterday, the prosecuting lawyer in the high profile Zimmerman trial called witness Scott Pleasants...

Jul 4 2013 8:37am

Why voicemail is an imperfect medium for threatening to kill one’s former colleagues

A junior lawyer who lost his job at top US firm Bryan Cave is facing...

Jul 3 2013 9:13am

The Guardian’s advice to this wannabe lawyer is really bad

The ‘work’ section of Saturday’s The Guardian featured a plea for help from a wannabe...

Jul 2 2013 12:51pm

Unfunded pupillages are back

For ten years now, it has been compulsory for chambers to pay their pupils. But...

Jul 2 2013 9:07am

Has Sainsbury’s launched a legal services arm?

‘Sainsbury’s Legal’ doesn’t, of course, exist (yet), which makes this bail condition — which appeared...

Jul 1 2013 3:17pm