Category: News
Sheffield barrister that fled justice given four years for assaulting girl
Crimewatch alert led to arrest at Birmingham Airport of former St John’s Buildings lawyer
University of Law and students in row over legality of obscene songs
Law school claims Town Police Clauses Act 1847 still applies -- students not so sure
City firms silent on whether they will follow PwC in ignoring A-level results
Big Four accountancy firm shocks recruitment market and stuns Square Mile law firms with its bid to boost diversity
Lawyer rugby tackles client in court to foil escape bid
Wallabies call-up must be next for a man who practises in one of the most exotic and remote parts of the world
‘Rappers may have it over judges,’ says Lord Neuberger after listening to Jay Z
Judicial bombshell -- Supreme Court supremo Lord Neuberger has been listening to Brooklyn's star hip-hop and gangsta geezer
Campaigners at war over Human Rights Act petition
Online bid to force a referendum has picked up nearly 200,000 signatures, but the experts reckon it’s counterproductive
Research: sleep-starved barristers are court zombies
The profession is stressed out and depressed, according to the Bar Council’s own survey, with a fifth saying they would never recommend it as a career
Students back code for TC offers timetable — law firms don’t
Signs that City graduate recruitment departments are already moving towards a training contract free for all as the regulator ditches existing guidelines
National law firm becomes first ever to flog shares on London stock exchange
Gateley confirms weekend rumours that it is about to set up its stall on the AIM market
Move over Justine — here comes Alice
As Mrs Miliband prepares to get back to chambers untroubled by the media glare, Chuka Umunna’s employment lawyer girlfriend braces herself for the roller coaster
University of Law looks for edge over Russell Group in LLB market
Deal with careers advice and networking provider to be pitched at second and third year students
Ex-Tory councillor makes late guilty pleas to fraud and pretending to be a barrister
Gray’s Inn student member awaits sentencing after Legal Cheek exposed Bar Council rules error
City law firm partner at the heart of Westminster affair shocker
Bercow v Bercow was the unexpected result from last week’s general election as Stephenson Harwood man allegedly falls for charms of speaker’s wife
There was a lawyer in a cage at Liverpool Street station
It’s amazing what you can stumble across in the rush hour at one of London’s busiest railway stations
‘Free Chambers’? Disgruntled lawyer edits Wikipedia page of new Justice Secretary Michael Gove
Black humour as Chris Grayling is replaced by controversial former Education Secretary -- who also has no legal training
Is this the most inappropriate gavel ever?
This month’s issue barrister bible, Counsel Magazine, has attracted a flurry of social media attention -- for all the wrong reasons
Tory win sounds death knell for criminal bar, predicts top QC
Return of an even more powerful and unfettered Chris Grayling to the woolsack does not bode well for wannabe legal aid lawyers
Will a lawyer win Labour Party leadership battle?
Several are lined up to take poisoned chalice from battered and bruised Miliband. And there are even a couple of Lib-Dem solicitors that could step into Clegg’s shoes
Pupillage Gateway applications fall by 9%
Hard evidence that law students are turning their backs on the bar
Wife of Supreme Court president shocked at age revelation
Legal Cheek’s story yesterday ruffled feathers with Mrs Neuberger
Legal Cheek election poll results: law students and lawyers back Labour
Ed Miliband’s margin over the Conservatives is narrow, but enough to give the red rose party an outright majority