Category: News

The Hazards Of Law Blogging When You’re Married To Boris

On Thursday, 1 Crown Office Row barrister Marina Wheeler wrote a post for the UK...

May 21 2012 9:10am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 21 May

Lawyers ‘told doctors to exaggerate crash injuries’ – The Telegraph Citizens Advice Bureau launches probe...

May 21 2012 8:22am

Can You Get Into a City Law Firm From An Ex-Poly?

Can you get into a City law firm from an ex-poly? And how much will...

May 18 2012 10:46am

Amid “Heartache, Depression and Personal Bankruptcy”, Are We Finally Seeing The End Of The Criminal Bar?

Last night at the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) dinner at Middle Temple Hall, CBA chair...

May 18 2012 8:35am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 18 May

Ex-Eversheds lawyer pens semi-autobiographical book, ‘The Mermaid in The Gherkin Jar’ – The Bolton News...

May 18 2012 8:16am

‘I’m The MD Of Mangan Associates!’ Man Who Claimed He Was Solicitor Faces Jail

It seems that everyone is pretending – or at least allegedly pretending – to be...

May 17 2012 2:12pm

Eddie Stobart Lorries Launches Barrister Arm

The deregulation of the legal market has thrown up its most unlikely result yet: haulage...

May 17 2012 9:48am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 17 May

“Inspirational” pair Lord Justice Leveson and Jamie Carragher to be honoured by Liverpool John Moores...

May 17 2012 8:50am

Four Reasons Why The Trainee Minimum Wage Had To Go

You heard it here first, a full hour before any other publication, and it’s now...

May 16 2012 7:07pm

BREAKING: Trainee Solicitor Minimum Wage Looks Like It’s About To Be Scrapped

15.20: I’ve just ducked out of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) meeting where a final...

May 16 2012 3:19pm

‘Inaccuracies About the Legal Profession Make Me Cross’: BBC Drama Silk Returns To Torment Lawyers

Silk returned for its second series last night, enraging the country’s more pedantic legal professionals...

May 16 2012 10:02am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 16 May

The law firms raking in the fees from News International inquiry – Evening Standard “Are...

May 16 2012 8:57am

Picture of Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Boss To Sell For £30K

Geoffrey Raymond, an artist who does annotated pictures of fallen Wall Street icons, has turned...

May 15 2012 1:40pm

Law Firms Which Sponsored Award Ceremony In Double Award Win Shocker

“Every single night of every single year the Grosvenor House hotel in London is filled...

May 15 2012 10:00am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 15 May

Britain’s most televised barrister dons the disguise of Captain Slow – The Independent What to...

May 15 2012 8:40am

Could The Days of Lawyers Charging Clients For The Time They Spend Gossiping On Twitter Be Over?

During a brief spell working as a paralegal at Clyde & Co in 2006, I...

May 14 2012 1:23pm

Law Society Cancels Conference Organised By Group That Says Being Gay Leads To ‘Disease’

Throughout last week there were murmurings of an embarrassment at the Law Society involving marriage...

May 14 2012 8:29am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 14 May

Matthew McConaughey desperate for Lincoln Lawyer follow-up – Female First Sex shame solicitor who flashed...

May 14 2012 8:12am

EXCLUSIVE: Desperate LPC Student Places ‘Come And Get Me’ Advert in Law Society Magazine

Training contract numbers may be on the increase again, but times are still hard for...

May 11 2012 10:02am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 11 May

‘Scottish madam’ Anna Gristina attempts to appoint Uri Geller’s son as lawyer – The Telegraph...

May 11 2012 8:32am

‘Rushing More Ethnic Minority Students Into Pupillage Could Cause Culture Clash’

OccupyTheInns cautions against a “knee-jerk” reaction to a study that found ethnic minority students are...

May 10 2012 2:20pm