Category: News

Tuckers senior partner says it’s ‘not my job 2 care about justice’ and that he couldn’t ‘give a flying f… about anybody else’

After David Dickinson look-a-like (and Tuckers Solicitors senior partner) Franklin Sinclair showed off his Jaguar...

Aug 2 2013 9:20am

How junior lawyers can survive a merger

In the wake of yesterday’s tie-up between SJ Berwin and King & Wood Mallesons —...

Aug 1 2013 12:38pm

11 tweets that encapsulate the horror of training contract deadline day

As the deadline for submitting training contract applications to most big law firms passed into...

Aug 1 2013 9:23am

Angel Chambers family law barrister in top bodybuilding competition win

Christina Chinnock of Angel Chambers in Swansea has scooped one of the top prizes at...

Jul 31 2013 12:37pm

‘We would be foolish indeed to sneer at the principle of the barrister hottie’

After overcoming his initial scepticism, OccupyTheInns — who will shortly be commencing pupillage — is...

Jul 31 2013 11:23am

18 year-old becomes youngest ever barrister after passing BPTC

Gabrielle Turnquest, 18, will become the youngest person in the history of the English and...

Jul 30 2013 1:33pm

Lawyer files petition at the International Court of Justice in The Hague to challenge the unfair trial of Jesus Christ

A Kenyan lawyer has petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to...

Jul 30 2013 8:59am

Barrister puts wig and gown on eBay and issues dramatic warning to Bar wannabes

A junior barrister has ended her career in dramatic style by placing her “Ede and...

Jul 29 2013 8:13am

‘Why, oh why, am I a barrister?’

In this week’s ‘If I knew then what I know now’, human rights barrister Barbara...

Jul 26 2013 11:00am

Hotties of the week: ‘Melting barrister’s clerk’ slams ‘boiling barrister’

This week has seen not only the return of the “Barrister Hottie Experts”, but a...

Jul 26 2013 9:31am

Think a pregnancy monitored by the world’s media is stressful? Try starting a family at a City law firm…

 “Many law  firms seem to take the attitude that once you’ve got a bun in...

Jul 25 2013 12:43pm

A wannabe lawyer’s social media strategy to land a job through the showcasing of his buff physique

Want to make yourself stand out from the crowd of other jobless lawyers? Well, you...

Jul 25 2013 9:39am

Lord Justice Ward bows out with a tribute to oral advocacy

Legendary Court of Appeal judge Sir Alan Ward has delivered his final judgment. Compared to...

Jul 24 2013 2:18pm

How should chambers and law firms reject applicants?

Recently we received this email from a disgruntled pupillage-seeker… How did the pupillage-seeker know they...

Jul 24 2013 12:37pm

‘Your Barrister Boyfriend’ reveals 5 more ‘barrister hotties (or notties?)’ nominated by readers

The authors of the seminal ’21 hottest barristers in London’ — hosted on the YourBarristerBoyfriend Tumblr...

Jul 24 2013 9:07am

Olympic rower cleared of assault: Clifford Chance associate ‘was like a dog snapping’ as he ‘attempted to bite me on the nose’

Olympic rower Sean Corrigall has been cleared today of assaulting Clifford Chance associate Edward Dyson...

Jul 23 2013 4:45pm

The most error-strewn tweet announcing a new DPP ever?

Someone at “The Tomes” seems to have been in a little bit too much of...

Jul 23 2013 11:05am

Quitting a law degree because of a disappointing first year: a good idea?

Last week I got this email. My response is below. Dear Anonymous Lancaster University Student,...

Jul 23 2013 9:31am

Adventures in law firm marketing

Spotted yesterday in fashionable London artist enclave Hackney Wick. In the interests of accuracy, it...

Jul 22 2013 9:30am

‘You need an offer…but you only need one’

It took a stint working in marketing, a brief spell as a criminal barrister and...

Jul 19 2013 11:55am

What’s going on at Tooks Chambers?

Rumours are raging about the future of Tooks Chambers. Yesterday Respect Party politician Lee Jasper...

Jul 19 2013 9:48am