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End Of The Day Round-Up
Only 20% of the general public associate lawyers with the phrase “act ethically”[Lawyer Watch] Lawyer...
Knowing Me Alan Partridge, Knowing You Norfolk Poly: Why Cheesy £350 UCAS Statements Will Only Take You So Far
Yesterday The Observer announced it had “discovered” that sixth-formers are paying up to £350 for...
Day Of Reckoning Arrives For Court Interpreting Company Which Offered Jobs To Animals
Applied Language Solutions (ALS), the gaffe-prone interpreting service awarded the exclusive right to supply interpreters...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 15 October
How my father, George Carman QC, may have helped Jimmy Savile escape justice [The Observer]...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Constance Briscoe Is Arrested 2. ‘They Were Lovely!’ Bar Students Suck Up To Wills...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Wearing Ugg boots while driving can cause accidents, judge warns [The Telegraph] Future of law:...
Mystery As English Solicitor Found Dead In Yemen
Roger Stokes, an English solicitor with the Yemeni law firm Sheikh Tariq Abdullah, has died...
‘Senior Partners At Major Law Firms Can’t Afford To Live In Central London’, Claims Top US Lawyer
Mark Herrmann, a senior in-house lawyer at multinational company Aon, has recently moved to London...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 12 October
Ambulance chasing company boss jailed over £12million cash scam which hired one man to stage...
End Of the Day Round Up
Dechert’s Miriam Gonzalez v 39 Essex Street’s Justine Thornton [Mail Online] Manchester Metropolitan University law...
Barrister Who Was Rebuked For Impersonating Top QC Points Finger At BSB After He’s Fined For Working Illegally
Cardiff-based barrister David Leathley, who spent almost £50,000 unsuccessfully fighting claims he posed as Joel...
It’s Official: City Lawyers Hate Their Jobs
At last night’s Life With Law talk on ‘finding your path and making things happen’,...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 11 October
“If you ever call me again on my cell phone, I’ll strangle you”: Angry judge...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Lawyer hits the waves [The Oban Times] Why did Justin Lee Collins get such a...
Through The Keyhole Of Matrix Barrister Thomas Kibling’s Spectacular East London Home
Matrix employment law barrister Thomas Kibling has a very cool pad…
Entry To The Bar: ‘Let The Cream Rise To The Top’
OccupyTheInns disagrees with the call made by Mr Justice Burton at Saturday’s Young Bar Conference...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 10 October
Justin Lee Collins jokes with his barrister, Sonia Woodley QC, moments after abuse conviction [The...
End Of The Day Round-Up
The Who guitarist Pete Townshend “would have leapt out and killed” prosecuting QC [BBC] “I...
Constance Briscoe Is Arrested
Judge and author Constance Briscoe, who is a prosecution witness in the Huhne trial, has...
Is The Legal Profession Really On The Verge Of Revolution?
There was excited talk of “profound change”, “broken business models” and “the end of Law...