Category: News

Claims Consultant’s ‘Independent’ Pressure Group Seems Rather Close To Russell Jones & Walker…

Bully-Banks, the anti-bank pressure group founded by claims consultant and former barrister Jeremy Roe, is...

Oct 19 2012 10:19am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 19 October

British court says Apple is way cooler than Samsung; but coolness ≠ IP infringement [Above...

Oct 19 2012 8:19am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Gay couple win Berkshire B&B refusal case [BBC] Nick Griffin tweets gay B&B couple’s home...

Oct 18 2012 5:45pm

Car Ploughs Through The Wall Of Law Firm AGAIN: Potentially Deadly Crash Is Second In 6 Years

Is Exeter law firm St James’ Solicitors the most dangerous place to work in Britain?...

Oct 18 2012 2:49pm

ADVICE: ‘My Writer Husband Is Demanding That I Do a Justine Thornton’

Dear Auntie Em, Since the Labour Party conference earlier this month, my husband has been...

Oct 18 2012 1:20pm

How Weird And Frightening Should You Be Allowed To Be On Twitter Before You Get Prosecuted?

Yesterday’s debate on free speech vs regulation of social media – held at London’s Free...

Oct 18 2012 10:22am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 18 October

Lost generation fears for criminal legal aid solicitors of Labour’s Sadiq Khan [Law Society Gazette]...

Oct 18 2012 8:31am

End Of The Day Round-Up

High-powered lawyer named as ‘client’ of Zumba teacher ‘hooker’ in scandal that has rocked quiet...

Oct 17 2012 5:11pm

Black History Month At The Law Society, Featuring Convicted Expenses Cheat Baron Taylor of Warwick

As the Law Society’s Black History Month celebrations got underway on Monday, it was a...

Oct 17 2012 11:28am

Why Did The Criminal Bar Association Choose Judge John Deed To Deliver Its Annual Lecture?

Surreal scenes yesterday evening at the Criminal Bar Association’s (CBA) annual ‘Kalisher lecture’, which was...

Oct 17 2012 8:46am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 17 October

From torts to tarts: Legal eagle John Whaite (who did a vac scheme with Eversheds)...

Oct 17 2012 8:25am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Hull judge warns of drunken Eastern European sea captains [The Telegraph] ‘He literally couldn’t speak’:...

Oct 16 2012 7:11pm

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...

Oct 16 2012 2:27pm

EVENT: Legal Cheek At The Google Campus

On the evening of Wednesday 5 December Legal Cheek is hosting a star-studded panel debate...

Oct 16 2012 7:55am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 16 October

Jan Moir: Manchester Uni law graduate John Whaite is “unpredictable but with flashes of baking...

Oct 16 2012 7:03am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Only 20% of the general public associate lawyers with the phrase “act ethically”[Lawyer Watch] Lawyer...

Oct 15 2012 5:46pm

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...

Oct 15 2012 1:12pm

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...

Oct 15 2012 6:29am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 15 October

How my father, George Carman QC, may have helped Jimmy Savile escape justice [The Observer]...

Oct 15 2012 5:56am

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...

Oct 13 2012 3:02pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Wearing Ugg boots while driving can cause accidents, judge warns [The Telegraph] Future of law:...

Oct 12 2012 5:38pm