Category: News
End of the day round-up
Naked rambler Stephen Gough appears nude in court [BBC News] It’s the end of the...
PR inexperience of ‘weirdly silent’ striking criminal barristers could cost them dear
The success – or otherwise – of striking criminal barristers’ campaign to prevent the dismantling...
Hopes of an all-solicitor Masterchef final are dashed
There was a moment in Friday’s night’s Masterchef quarter final when it looked like Morgan...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 22 April
Newspapers name the Leveson barristers who are now an item [Google] Comment: The affair between...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. Chat, date or instruct a barrister! 2. ‘The unacknowledged truth about advocacy is that...
End of the day round-up
Judicial Statement: “We have been made aware that members of the Bar and solicitors have...
Morning round-up: Friday 19 April
“Lawyers are treated with a little bit more respect than porn magazine editors”: Ex-features editor...
End of the day round-up
DLA Piper settles “churn that bill, baby!” dispute [New York Times] Paralegals have the same...
The Home Office’s Spelling And Punctuation Shame (In A Press Release About English Language Tests)
As spotted by 1 Crown Office Row barrister Adam Wagner.
After The BPTC Ethics Exam ‘Very Serious Issue’, Tumbleweed…
It has been a month since the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics exam,...
Court Of Appeal Judge’s Determination To Get His Best Lines In Before Retirement
Fresh from coming up with perhaps the most tortuous equine metaphor ever, soon-to-retire judge Sir...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 18 April
Training contracts down to the lowest level since 1999 [Law Society Gazette] Paralysed builder to...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Top QC: “I stared down barrel of a revolver and faced torture threats” [Nottingham Post]...
You Have To Go All The Way With The GDL – But An LLB Gives You Options
When I was 16, I received my GCSE results and discovered that I had got...
Is Flame-Grilling Your Bridges With Burger King Because You’re Going To Law School Such A Great Idea?
Once upon a time, before a bank called Lehman Brothers collapsed plunging the world into...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 17 April
Bar nursery to help women barristers with kids rise through ranks [Evening Standard] Law student...
End of the day round-up
Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding sentenced to six-month driving ban [Daily Mail] Met police planning dawn...
Law Revision #Pippatips
It’s exam time, and the legal blogosphere is awash with revision tip articles – rather...
Chat, Date Or Instruct A Barrister!
The brand association hazards for barristers promoting their services via the Evening Standard‘s small ads...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 16 April
MP plotting changes to libel laws earns thousands as a libel lawyer [The Independent] Guantánamo...