Category: News

Chakrabarti Household’s Main Breadwinner Upgrades To The Magic Circle

One of the downsides of making loads of money as a top City lawyer is...

Sep 4 2012 3:27pm

Reality TV Star Gabilicious Swaps Made In Chelsea For London Law Firm

To date, one of the great tragedies of E4 reality show Made In Chelsea is...

Sep 4 2012 10:52am

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

On Thursday, a woman was crushed to death by a falling window frame in Hanover...

Sep 4 2012 10:03am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 4 September

‘We married at mass Moonie wedding’: British law student devotee of Rev Moon tells his...

Sep 4 2012 8:16am

End Of The Day Round-Up

UK’s top 100 law firms pass £5bn profits mark – The Independent Solicitor ‘helped’ con...

Sep 3 2012 5:56pm

Career May Be Over For City Lawyer Who Groped Woman On National Express Coach As He’s Put On Sex Offenders Register

Hugh Wotherspoon, the solicitor found guilty last month of groping a woman on the Edinburgh-London...

Sep 3 2012 9:35am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 3 September

Danger dog trial put off after barrister fails to show – The Sentinel Lawyer for...

Sep 3 2012 8:19am

EXCLUSIVE: 4 Breams Buildings Deletes Twitter Account After It Emerges That Most Of Its 15,000 Followers Were Fake

On Wednesday morning, the Twitter account of London criminal set 4 Breams Buildings boasted almost...

Aug 31 2012 10:57am

‘If @TheDappy Gets Sent Down Today Then We’re All Gonna Go To Guildford Crown Court & Kill The Judge’

The brave new world of social media isn’t working out so well for judges. As...

Aug 31 2012 9:39am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 31 August

Roman Abramovich: “Krysha was required. It was impossible to keep hold of the company without...

Aug 31 2012 8:50am

British Law Firm* Is Obama’s Third Highest Campaign Funder

None of the ‘serious’ legal publications have reported the news that DLA Piper is the...

Aug 30 2012 4:20pm

Meet The Solicitors With Second Jobs As Writers For Essay Companies That Target Students

Yesterday, we brought you news of an essay-writing company that pays LPC and BPTC graduates...

Aug 30 2012 9:02am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 30 August

Daily Mail accuses Neil Morrissey lawyers of abusing ‘no win, no fee’ deal – The...

Aug 30 2012 7:54am

Might Even Graduates Of ‘Reputable’ Unis Struggle To Write Decent Essays When They’re Paid Just £43 Per 1,000 Words?

Last week, an essay-writing company posted an ad seeking law graduates with “a minimum Undergraduate...

Aug 29 2012 2:49pm

Fifty Shades Of Gray’s Inn: ‘His Eyes Were Like Deep Pools Of Cappuccino, Swirling…’

GDL student Anastasia Steal relives the extraordinary day she met Christopher Grey QC, head of...

Aug 29 2012 10:22am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 29 August

Three-person civil union sparks controversy in Brazil – BBC Recession and regulation: why some solicitors...

Aug 29 2012 8:30am

LPC Graduate Who Stole £8K From John Lewis Stood As a Tory Local Election Candidate Last Year

Victoria Lawson (pictured), the LPC graduate who has admitted to stealing from John Lewis via...

Aug 28 2012 12:32pm

What Is It With Law Graduates And The Urge To Steal From John Lewis?

An LPC graduate has admitted stealing from John Lewis via a fake refund scam, just...

Aug 28 2012 10:12am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 28 August

Lawyers are told: Take a bus to court as Government moves to slash £350m from...

Aug 28 2012 7:59am

No Wonder People Think Barristers Are Raking It In…

Spotted on a robing room noticeboard…

Aug 24 2012 7:01am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 24 August

Co-op, like Man Utd, gets an early wake-up call – Law Society Gazette Betrayal of...

Aug 24 2012 6:57am