Category: News
End Of The Day Round-Up
Hull judge warns of drunken Eastern European sea captains [The Telegraph] ‘He literally couldn’t speak’:...
Is It OK For a Law Firm To Publicly Describe One Of Its Secretaries As ‘The Office Cougar’?
The employee bios listed on the website of Liverpool law firm McKays are, like, totally...
EVENT: Legal Cheek At The Google Campus
On the evening of Wednesday 5 December Legal Cheek is hosting a star-studded panel debate...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 16 October
Jan Moir: Manchester Uni law graduate John Whaite is “unpredictable but with flashes of baking...
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Only 20% of the general public associate lawyers with the phrase “act ethically”[Lawyer Watch] Lawyer...
Knowing Me Alan Partridge, Knowing You Norfolk Poly: Why Cheesy £350 UCAS Statements Will Only Take You So Far
Yesterday The Observer announced it had “discovered” that sixth-formers are paying up to £350 for...
Day Of Reckoning Arrives For Court Interpreting Company Which Offered Jobs To Animals
Applied Language Solutions (ALS), the gaffe-prone interpreting service awarded the exclusive right to supply interpreters...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 15 October
How my father, George Carman QC, may have helped Jimmy Savile escape justice [The Observer]...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Constance Briscoe Is Arrested 2. ‘They Were Lovely!’ Bar Students Suck Up To Wills...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Wearing Ugg boots while driving can cause accidents, judge warns [The Telegraph] Future of law:...
Mystery As English Solicitor Found Dead In Yemen
Roger Stokes, an English solicitor with the Yemeni law firm Sheikh Tariq Abdullah, has died...
‘Senior Partners At Major Law Firms Can’t Afford To Live In Central London’, Claims Top US Lawyer
Mark Herrmann, a senior in-house lawyer at multinational company Aon, has recently moved to London...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 12 October
Ambulance chasing company boss jailed over £12million cash scam which hired one man to stage...
End Of the Day Round Up
Dechert’s Miriam Gonzalez v 39 Essex Street’s Justine Thornton [Mail Online] Manchester Metropolitan University law...
Barrister Who Was Rebuked For Impersonating Top QC Points Finger At BSB After He’s Fined For Working Illegally
Cardiff-based barrister David Leathley, who spent almost £50,000 unsuccessfully fighting claims he posed as Joel...
It’s Official: City Lawyers Hate Their Jobs
At last night’s Life With Law talk on ‘finding your path and making things happen’,...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 11 October
“If you ever call me again on my cell phone, I’ll strangle you”: Angry judge...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Lawyer hits the waves [The Oban Times] Why did Justin Lee Collins get such a...
Through The Keyhole Of Matrix Barrister Thomas Kibling’s Spectacular East London Home
Matrix employment law barrister Thomas Kibling has a very cool pad…
Entry To The Bar: ‘Let The Cream Rise To The Top’
OccupyTheInns disagrees with the call made by Mr Justice Burton at Saturday’s Young Bar Conference...