Category: News
Morning Round-Up: Monday 20 August
Rupert Penry-Jones bares all in ‘The Last Weekend’ swimming scene – Metro Ben Emmerson QC:...
An Apology
Legal Cheek would like to apologise unreservedly to Natasha Powell, whose photograph we incorrectly used...
Tweeting Like It’s 1984: Why Police’s Bright Idea To Ban Anonymous Bloggers Could Herald Orwellian Dystopia
Imagine a world where everything you say and write is stored indefinitely and attributable to...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 17 August
Apple lawyer faces ‘smoking crack’ jibe by patent judge – BBC Lawyer ordered to pay...
How To Land a PAID Paralegal Position And Qualify As a Solicitor Without Drowning In Debt
Paralegal Tony, a part-time LPC student and paralegal at a City law firm, says that...
Clarke Willmott Lawyers Accused Of ‘Shocking’ Omissions As Firm Pays Out £500K In Pro Neg Settlement
When paralysed motorcyclist Kenny Jordan took his case to Clarke Willmott, he would have expected...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 16 August
Christians who refused to let gay couple share a bedroom in their guesthouse to take...
The Best Law School-Themed Animated Gifs
#WhatShouldWeCallMe is a brilliant Tumblr blog run by two anonymous law students. Most of the...
Did Freshfields’ Olympics Sponsorship Come Out Of The Pro Bono Budget?
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s sponsorship of the Olympics cost it £10 million. The firm’s most recent...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 15 August
Watch out for these four client comments – Bitter Lawyer Judiciary silenced out of court...
Finally, The Inns Of Court Are Occupied!
During the past year the light at the end of the tunnel grew so dim...
‘I Would Like To Extend You a Counter-Offer To Suck My Dick’: Law School Dropout’s Job Chances Scotched As Email Goes Viral
We haven’t had a legal profession viral email story since the ‘spitroast trainee’ Daniel England...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 14 August
Boyfriend of a managing partner allegedly pulls gun on a vac-schemer – Above the Law...
Taking The Piss Out Of Judges To Be Legalised
At Legal Cheek, we enjoy taking the piss out of judges. Especially when they appear...
Judges Threatened With Disciplinary Action For Blogging About Their Day Job – Even If They Do So Anonymously
A magistrate has published on his blog what he says are new guidelines from the...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 13 August
“Tongues were wagging in Middle Temple as Legalcheek.com (Popbitch for lawyers) tried to track down...
Jags And Unpaid Interns: The Two Faces Of Fly-On-The-Wall Documentary Law Firm Tuckers
‘The Briefs’, the two-part ITV criminal law firm documentary which concluded last night, sparked rage...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 10 August
Cambridge law student makes TV debut in Wonderland: Young, Bright and on the Right –...
How Junior Lawyers Can Get Involved In The Shoreditch Tech Start-Up Scene
Sitting in the Barley Mow pub in east London one Friday night, the conversation wandered...
NAMED: The Bar Graduate, 27, Who Anthony Arlidge QC Has Dumped Constance Briscoe For
On Tuesday, we relayed the extraordinary news that 18 Red Lion Court veteran Anthony Arlidge...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 9 August
The shameful and nasty prosecution of Simon Walsh – New Statesman ‘An eye for an...