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What Is It With Solicitors And Abseiling?
Look upwards when you’re walking along the street these days and chances are you’ll see...
Joke Of The Week: Barrister Gets Court Chuckling With Interpreter Gag
Lawyers aren’t always that funny. Remember the “iPad oxygen” quip made by Stephen Miller QC...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 13 April
‘You need this ability to suck up in City law firms, which I seem to...
Trainee Solicitors: Heading Downmarket?
The Law Society has said that trainee solicitors on housing benefit is “not the type...
Emma Thompson To Reprise Role Of Solicitor Gareth Peirce In ‘War on Terror’ Film
Everyone has their fantasies. Mine is to win the Bar Council’s legal reporting award, then,...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 12 April
One Direction in legal row over name – The Independent Criminals in Staffordshire owe £11.1...
Apprentice Star Sparks Daily Mail Pupillage Coffee-Making Row
“If you had someone trained as a barrister, you wouldn’t have them running round making...
Social Mobility In Law: Linklaters Helps The Poor To Get £15K-a-Year Jobs In Its Print Room
Magic circle firm Linklaters has hit back at critics who claim that City law is...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 11 April
Theft, arson and defecating in a lawyer’s office – Mail Online Guardian Court North barrister...
DLA Piper Lawyer Had Affair With Russian Spy Anna Chapman
“What first attracted you to short, balding millionaire Paul Daniels?” Mrs Merton once memorably asked...
‘I Attempted To Preface Appraisals With A Quotation From The Great Gatsby’
As appraisal season approaches, a partner at a top London law firm reveals what it’s...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 10 April
The Titanic and the law – ObiterJ Stab victim gets barrister to pop the question...
Through Gritted Teeth: Aussie Lawyers Tell Of Delight At Firm’s ‘Merger’ With London Giant Ashurst In £1Million Ad Campaign
To promote its recent tie-up with Australian law firm Blake Dawson, City giant Ashurst has...
Lawyer Etiquette: Is It OK To Be Photographed Barefoot?
On Monday, I ran a story about the dad of Hugo from Made in Chelsea,...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 5 April
David Cameron defends secret courts and web monitoring plans – BBC ‘Britain is overrun by...
A Walk Through The Law Firm Branding Hall Of Shame
DWF‘s recent win for best rebrand in the professional services sector at the Transform Awards...
If Pupillage Portal Doesn’t Work Then It’s The New York Bar
OccupyTheInns ponders the merits of a high risk, yet potentially high reward, plan B This...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 4 April
Man criticised his own solicitor in ‘threatening’ case – Carmarthen Journal Manchester solicitor struck off...
Dismissed: Wannabe Barrister’s Claim That Minimum Pupillage Award Is Discriminatory To Black Africans
Like many Bar graduates, John Iteshi couldn’t get a pupillage – or even an interview...
Russell Brand Becomes Engrossed By Legal Profession In Wake Of Katy Perry Split
Newly single Russell Brand has turned to Bloomberg Law, the legal TV channel, to take...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 3 April
‘Most absurd piece of litigation’: £140,000 squandered over land the size of a stroke of...