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Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 19 December
Posters of offensive messages on Twitter or Facebook less likely to face criminal charges, under...
End Of The Day Round-Up
DPP’s interim guidelines for social media prosecutions embargoed til midnight. But Twitter Joke Trial barrister...
Ex-Eastenders and Strictly Star Chris Parker On His Frustration With Law Firms’ A-Level Obsession
After spending his 20s as an actor, rising to fame in Eastenders and Strictly Come...
Legal Twitter Profile Of The Week
In these difficult times for the legal profession, it’s all about carving out a niche…
Fighting The ‘Facebook Mentality’: Why Barristers Should Be Proud Of Their Refusal To ‘Share’ Diversity Data
I see barristers’ refusal to embrace diversity monitoring has been described as “embarrassing” and “pathetic”....
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 18 December
Commission on a Bill of Rights BINGO [UK Human Rights Blog] Slaughter and May solicitor...
End Of The Day Round-Up
“The Bill of Rights Commission reports tomorrow. Please, please can we all try to be...
Solicitor Wows Polar Explorer With Hilarious Christmas Card
Ben Saunders, the third person in history to reach the North Pole alone and on...
JOB ALERT: Clinical Negligence Paralegal
From Baby Barristers: a top London law firm seeks a paralegal for its clinical negligence...
BPP Sparks Fury As Its Official Twitter Account Ridicules David Beckham’s Reading Ability
Corporate Twitter accounts are often criticised for their blandness. But what happens when they go...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 17 December
Barrister snub to diversity monitoring “embarrassing” and “pathetic” [Legal Futures] Judges take on ministers over...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’… 2. Better Late Than Never: Lawyers – Gangnam Style...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Gary McKinnon will face no UK charges [CPS Blog] Margaret Moran’s lawyer, Jim Sturman QC,...
‘I Naïvely Believed That If I Performed Well I Would Be Rewarded Accordingly’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
A Tesco Law Metaphor? Law Firm’s YouTube Christmas Card In Which Its Solicitors Are Wiped Out By Huge Snowball
Is the wintry mini-disaster movie created by Bhayani Bracewell in its YouTube Christmas card an...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 14 December
Law firms suffer worst quarter since 2010 [Financial Times (£)] Doubt over City law firm...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Grayling sets out plan for culling judicial reviews [Law Society Gazette] Jon Robins follows the...
Why Doing The Bar Professional Training Course And Not Becoming A Barrister Isn’t Necessarily A Bad Thing
Yesterday I met up with top legal blogger Charon QC, who is currently touring the...
Lord McAlpine’s Solicitor Warns Wannabes Off Career In Law
We picked up today’s The Times interview (£) with Lord McAlpine’s solicitor, Andrew Reid, in...
Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’…
The website TopCriminalQC.co.uk seems like a spoof. But Michael Wolkind QC’s chambers, 2 Bedford Row,...
Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’…
The website TopCriminalQC.co.uk seems like a spoof. But Michael Wolkind QC’s chambers, 2 Bedford Row,...