Category: News

End Of The Day Round-Up

Union “wealth creators” give ex-City lawyer Chuka Umunna £24,500 [Guido Fawkes] Assange lawyer: “All Julian...

Sep 11 2012 5:50pm

Edicts From The Ivory Tower: The Troubling Disconnect Between The SRA’s ‘Sophisticated’ Decision-Makers And Its ‘Over-Zealous’ Prosecutor Foot-Soldiers

A “wholly unjustified and unreasonable” decision to prosecute a small law firm for supposed failure...

Sep 11 2012 1:11pm

Ladies, This Could Be Your Big Chance: Rugby-Playing Law Student Seeks ‘Fun’ This Sunday In London

Spotted yesterday on Craigslist… The post continues: “Hey 🙂 I’m a good looking, rugby playing...

Sep 11 2012 9:10am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 11 September

Law firm departure letter of the week: “If one million angels sang a chorus of...

Sep 11 2012 8:18am

End Of The Day Round-Up

‘It is inconceivable that Mr Cruise would have difficulty getting a girlfriend’: Church of Scientology’s...

Sep 10 2012 5:03pm

Conservative MP Philip Davies Slams ‘Pompous’ ‘Out Of Touch’ Legal Profession In Anti-Lawyer Twitter Diatribe

It began last Thursday, when right-wing Tory MP Philip Davies labelled Judge Peter Bowers (of...

Sep 10 2012 12:31pm

DLA Piper Trainee Solicitor Convicted Of Making Homophobic Remarks And Attacking Two Students

A second-year trainee at the Edinburgh office of DLA Piper has been found guilty of...

Sep 10 2012 9:00am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 10 September

‘Litigation culture’ is making Britain less safe, says report [The Independent] It really DIDN’T fit:...

Sep 10 2012 8:18am

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

1. Woman Killed By Falling Window Frame In Mayfair Was Keystone Law Solicitor Amanda Telfer...

Sep 8 2012 12:07pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

‘Mr Loophole’ helps £75,000-a-week England footballer challenge speeding fine… and saves him a FIVER [Mail...

Sep 7 2012 5:13pm

Inn The Know: Gossip That’s Too Scurrilous To Publish In Full, But Too Juicy To Waste

Editorial note: welcome to Legal Cheek’s new gossip column. It’ll run every time we get...

Sep 7 2012 10:00am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 7 September

Hillsborough families boosted as the “Rolls-Royce of lawyers” offer services for free [The Mirror] Graduate...

Sep 7 2012 8:29am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Law graduate starts first-ever multi-firm training contract [Managing Partner] Judicial watchdog to investigate judge’s ‘burglary...

Sep 6 2012 5:37pm

Fifty Shades Of Gray’s Inn: Shopping For Cable Ties And Rope In B&Q

GDL student Anastasia Steal bumps into Christopher Grey QC, head of Gray’s Inn Chambers, in...

Sep 6 2012 1:54pm

Lawyer Files a Cartoon To Get Round Five-Page Limit

After having the length of his brief limited to five pages by a judge, New...

Sep 6 2012 10:08am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 6 September

Julian and Me – (perhaps) a final word [Jack of Kent] “Clinton’s…a lawyer slowly moving...

Sep 6 2012 8:40am

End Of The Day Round-Up

‘It takes a huge amount of courage to burgle somebody’s house’: What judge told intruder...

Sep 5 2012 5:43pm

Didn’t Get a Pupillage? Well, There’s Always Origami

Hope is gradually fading for this year’s batch of BPTC graduates without pupillages as the...

Sep 5 2012 1:58pm

Chris Grayling Appointment: Top Ten Horrified Reactions

News of the first non-lawyer appointment to the role of Lord Chancellor since the Archbishop...

Sep 5 2012 10:12am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 5 September

QC vows to defy court ruling after he was barred from smoking at work [The...

Sep 5 2012 8:13am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Law student shatters fellow student’s jaw, court told – News & Star Jemima Khan et...

Sep 4 2012 5:49pm