Category: News
The Law Firms Which Owe £5K To a Barrister 4 YEARS After He Was Instructed By Them
Legal Cheek has obtained records that show the names of 15 law firms which have...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 30 November
Legal aid cheats targeted by Ministry of Justice [BBC] Society of Black Lawyers calls on...
End Of The Day Round-Up
US Supreme Court isn’t troubled by Hurricane Sandy [Reuters] Law firm’s Lance Armstrong comment [Private...
*Inns Of Court Scholarship Deadline Alert*
Wannabe barristers who forget to apply for a lucrative Inns of Court scholarship may find...
Stop Insulting Powerful People With Cruel ‘Twits’ Gibes, Urges Bar Standards Board Chief
Yesterday on her blog Bar Standards Board (BSB) chief Baroness Ruth Deech argued that there...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 29 October
27 year-old Linklaters lawyer Daniel Bagshaw collapses and dies in Hong Kong triathlon [Mail Online]...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Think Twice Before You Press That Retweet Button 2. Twitter Suspends QualitySolicitors’ Anti Co-Op...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Berlusconi sentenced to four years in jail [Sky News] but quickly reduced to one [BBC]...
#RoundMyKitchenTable PODCAST: How The Disappearance Of Privacy Is Driving Lawyers Crazy
These days, lawyers seem to spend half their time trying to come up with new...
Law Society Gazette’s Legal Personality Of The Year Karen Todner Backs Decision To Scrap Trainee Minimum Wage
Karen Todner may have helped save Gary McKinnon from extradition to the US, but when...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 26 October
A death row struggle between advocates and lawyers [New York Times] Freshfields eyes Australia launch...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Legal book of the day [Twitter via David Allen Green] More shenanigans on prisoner votes...
Law Grad’s Hip Hop Video About Securing Job At Top Firm
Mike Lickver (pictured) has crowned his journey from law school to landing a job at...
Think Twice Before You Press That Retweet Button
The bit from Keir Starmer QC’s speech at the LSE last night that got everyone...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 25 October
Savile investigation: appointment of law firm linked to BBC questioned [The Independent] McCann’s case against...
End Of The Day Round-Up
How I was fooled by fake QC [Official statement of Mervyn Barrett OBE on his...
Happy Birthday: Legal Cheek Is One
A year ago today we launched with this post from Android. Since then, the site...
Fake QC Who Offered Bogus Pupillages Was Campaign Manager Of PCC Candidate Mervyn Barrett, Claims Solicitor
This is one of those ‘Wow, just wow!’ stories. It has two strands, which come...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 24 October
Law graduate snubbed by wedding hotels turns out to be star of adult TV [Mail...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Say no to Movember [The Kernel] Now BBC ‘censors’ Savile emails: Lawyers pull messages hinting...
Please, No More ‘Nietzsche And The Law’! Why Americans Are Looking Enviously At The GDL Route To Legal Qualification
In comparison to our odd system of legal education – which sprawls haphazardly from the...