Category: News

End Of The Day Round-Up

Law graduate who was jailed for fraud after pretending to be a barrister fails in...

Apr 15 2013 5:12pm

Who Needs Chambers And Partners When You’ve Got Siralan?

Experts have been predicting the demise of legal directories for years. But market leading duo...

Apr 15 2013 10:00am

Legal Cheek High Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories

1. How (Not) To Be A Trainee Solicitor 2. 10 Reasons To Be Kind To...

Apr 13 2013 3:48pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Sir Edward Garnier MP, ex-Solicitor General, tries to amend out key sections of the Defamation...

Apr 12 2013 5:39pm

Law Vicissitudes Meme Of The Week

DWF tells vac scheme candidates of taken-over firm Cobbetts that they need to re-apply to...

Apr 12 2013 4:36pm

Podcast: Why Wannabe Barristers Should Do Their Time As Paralegals Before Doing The BPTC

The path from the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to paralegal purgatory is a well...

Apr 12 2013 2:15pm

‘How Dare You Submit An Exhibit Which Has Been Stapled Not Tied?’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...

Apr 12 2013 9:50am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 12 April

Criminal barrister responds to Grayling’s idea that barristers’ legal aid fees should not exceed the...

Apr 12 2013 7:48am

End Of The Day Round-Up

David Wolfe QC has defended QASA, but Simon Myerson QC doesn’t rate what he had...

Apr 11 2013 5:39pm

Did Rochman Landau Solicitor Use Firm Computer To Describe Himself As ‘UK’s Barack Obama’ On His Wikipedia Page?

Lawyers with political ambitions, beware… It has been revealed today that a Wikipedia description of...

Apr 11 2013 1:32pm

The Company Charging Wannabe Lawyers Hundreds Of Pounds For Paralegal Job Interviews

As the odds of landing a training contract or pupillage grow longer, and wannabe lawyers...

Apr 11 2013 10:06am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 11 April

Breaking Bad could get spin-off based on criminal lawyer Saul Goodman [Unreality TV] A tracksuit...

Apr 11 2013 8:16am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Russell Brand goes on a tour of the Temple where he pretends to be Rumpole...

Apr 10 2013 5:10pm

Should A Third Class LLB From Kent Uni Not Count As A Degree?

A Kent University LLB graduate has been denied access to the Canadian Bar – which...

Apr 10 2013 2:16pm

‘I Think The Person Who Wrote The Bar Aptitude Test Got The Answers Wrong’

Barrister-to-be Sodslaw sits the practice version of the new Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) –...

Apr 10 2013 10:07am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 10 April

Law graduate was the architect of anti-Thatcher party in Glasgow [Mail Online] Margaret Thatcher and...

Apr 10 2013 8:39am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Britain’s highest paid criminal lawyers are to have their fees slashed by 30% [Evening Standard]...

Apr 9 2013 5:14pm

How (Not) To Be A Trainee Solicitor

Congratulations. You got the training contract. You are now going to be a trainee solicitor...

Apr 9 2013 1:04pm

10 Reasons To Be Kind To Lawyers

It’s Tuesday 9 April, which is of course Be Kind To Lawyers Day. At a...

Apr 9 2013 10:15am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 9 April

Happy Be Kind To Lawyers Day! [Days Of The Year] Grayling to announce more legal...

Apr 9 2013 8:16am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Wait, who is Margaret Thatcher anyway? [Tumblr] Margaret Thatcher: tax barrister [BBC News] 21 incredibly...

Apr 8 2013 5:20pm