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As Bradley Wiggins Triumphs, Law Firm Releases Tour De France Death Infographic To Flog Accident Claims
Tired of the old ‘had an accident at work?’ advertising format, personal injury lawyers are...
Lawyers Are Like Meerkats And Naked Vole Rats, Claims Ex-Freshfields Managing Partner
Thought that corporate law was all about the survival of the fittest and the drive...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 23 July
Top judge in robes fights off muggers: Thugs target 71-year-old outside Mansion House – Mail...
Making Sense Of The Mixed Messages About The Graduate Legal Job Market
On Monday I read a piece in The Lawyer about the encouraging recent trainee retention...
Lindsay Lohan, Christian Bale And Other Hollywood Stars Pose With Their Lawyers In Surreal Photoshoot
Imagine a photo of the Queen knocking back sherry with her favourite partner at Farrer...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 20 July
Criminals could avoid court in legal shake-up as Keir Starmer suggests bringing “common sense” to prosecutions...
A Shaft Of Light At The Junior Criminal Bar? Why New Advocacy Assessment Regime Could Be An Opportunity For Baby Barristers
As the Quality Assurance Scheme For Advocates (QASA) consultation rumbles on, the latest concern is...
ADVICE: Are Big Law Firms Still Old Boys’ Clubs?
I received this email from a prospective Open University law student the other day… My...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 19 July
Pannone plans major recruitment push – Manchester Evening News Law firm Dundas and Wilson sets...
Criminal Justice Guru Mervyn Barrett OBE Certainly Has a Lot Of Twitter Followers…
Mervyn Barrett OBE, who is running to be police and crime commissioner in Lincolnshire, has...
TRENDS: Clients Demand ‘Themed Dances’ As Competition Hots Up In Recession Hit Legal Services Market
Solicitors have been offering additional extras for a while now as they bid to ‘add...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 18 July
Judge orders schnapps for alcoholic witness to help to spur his memory during murder trial...
COMPETITION: 2,000 Words On Legal Education Wins £500, 500 Words Wins a Matching Cap And T-Shirt Set…
The Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society (JLD) has launched an essay competition for...
Hero Barrister Thwarts Drug Dealer’s Courtroom Escape Bid
It was just another morning in court. Peter Hampton, a barrister at Broadway House Chambers,...
Get a Training Contract Or Get Deported: The Fate Of The Foreign Law Graduate In The UK
If, like me, you’re not British or European and are applying for training contracts, you...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 17 July
Judge watched porn on courthouse computer, investigation alleges – Chicago Sun Times (via Above the...
Is It OK For Barristers To Call Their Client a ‘Slag’?
This morning, I tweeted a story about a barrister who’d described his client as a...
Blackmail, Inappropriate Touching And Assault, Amongst Some Other Offences: Annual Judicial Roll Of Shame Released
Most of the 79 members of the judiciary disciplined for misconduct last year were magistrates,...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 16 July
Lawyer fined for licking 21-year-old female client’s ear – Mail Online Woman accused of plotting...
PODCAST: The Future Of Legal Blogging
This week’s #RoundMyKitchenTable podcast guest, City University’s Emily Allbon (pictured), is one of the pioneers...
Norton Rose Lawyer Scoops OPEC Lobbyist Of The Year Award For ‘Hard Work In Advancing Saudi Censorship Tactics’
At Legal Cheek, we love awards. The Lawyer Awards, the British Legal Awards, the FT...