Category: News

At Last, Some Good News For Jobless LPC Graduates: If You’re Convicted Of a Crime, You’ll Get a Lighter Sentence Than Other People

Last month, BPP Law School Legal Practice Course (LPC) graduate Victoria Lawson admitted stealing more...

Sep 20 2012 9:25am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 20 September

Holman Fenwick Willan partner Giles Kavanagh, who is feted in Chambers & Partners for his...

Sep 20 2012 8:16am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Newcastle University law student Pippa Darlington killed in Morocco car crash [The Journal] Married lawyers...

Sep 19 2012 6:08pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 19 September

‘Police Officers are emotional and social beings just like everyone else. Yet we deal with...

Sep 19 2012 8:34am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Grayling shows his mettle as Justice Secretary [The Spectator] Lawyers face tax dodging scrutiny from...

Sep 18 2012 5:25pm

Law Graduate’s Career Hopes In Tatters After She’s Convicted Of Taking Ecstasy Into ‘T In The Park’ In Her Underwear

Glasgow University law graduate Justine Siebenaler was told yesterday that she would no longer be...

Sep 18 2012 9:33am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 18 September

Barrister fulfils underwear brand ambition [The Sun] Human Frights lawyer Sir Baldylox Fatcat Arzlikka QC...

Sep 18 2012 8:43am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Barrister who will represent Wills and Kate in Paris acted for John Galliano over racist...

Sep 17 2012 5:31pm

‘In The Years I Have Known Him, He Has Always Been An Arrogant Lawyer’: Is This The Worst Reference Letter Ever?

On Friday, a struck-off lawyer who used to work for the US law firm of...

Sep 17 2012 9:40am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 17 September

The lawyer who represented massacre monster Anders Breivik reveals someone tried to kill him – by...

Sep 17 2012 8:19am

How ‘Statement’ Can Male Lawyers Be With Their Choice Of Footwear?

As Christian Louboutin prepares to open a new dedicated men’s footwear store on London’s Dover...

Sep 14 2012 10:31am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 14 September

Baroness Deech calls on BSB to take to social media to combat negative stories [Legal...

Sep 14 2012 8:23am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Lawyer causes mistrial in murder case by posting photo of her client’s leopard print underwear...

Sep 13 2012 5:46pm

Fifty Shades Of Gray’s Inn: Mini-Pupillage…On a Sunday

At first, GDL student Anastasia Steal doubts the wisdom of Christopher Grey QC’s insistence that...

Sep 13 2012 2:14pm

Blogger: ‘At #WSSocialMedia & Law Event. Panel Includes Lawyer Who Threatened To Jail Me For Reporting The Truth’

Legal Cheek roving reporter Cat Pond reviews yesterday’s Weber Shandwick ‘Social Media & the Law’...

Sep 13 2012 10:29am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 13 September

Zatman & Co rebrands as BBS Zatman and reveals new structure [Manchester Evening News] Solicitor...

Sep 13 2012 8:23am

End Of The Day Round-Up

‘The full, damning, Hillsborough report’ [independent.gov.uk via @adamwagner1] Hillsborough families have the truth. Justice will...

Sep 12 2012 5:43pm

How Sticklers For The Norm Could Find Themselves Out Of Luck In The Training Contract Hunt

Earlier this year I got a training contract at a small, reputable firm in Buckinghamshire...

Sep 12 2012 12:29pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 12 September

More than 200 schools have CCTV in toilets and changing rooms [The Telegraph] Postmortem reveals...

Sep 12 2012 8:28am