Category: News

GDL HELL: ‘With The Job Market The Way It Is, Passing Is Simply Not Good Enough’

The pressure is on as GDL exams near, but the more David Woodall reads, the...

May 10 2012 6:19am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 10 May

Barrister gets judicial review over QC ‘discrimination’ – BBC Shaming the rogue lawyers: list of...

May 10 2012 5:36am

Lawyers’ Pinterest Boards: Top Five

Since I discovered the new social networking site Pinterest – which is best described as...

May 9 2012 2:25pm

You’ve Either Got It Or You Haven’t: The ‘Personality X Factor’ That’s Needed To Land a Pupillage

Orwell prize short-listed blogger Amanda Bancroft, a former barrister, on what differentiates the wannabes from...

May 9 2012 9:28am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 9 May

Nicolas Sarkozy to return to his old job as a lawyer – Daily Express Legal...

May 9 2012 6:55am

SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC Makes Made in Chelsea Debut

There has been much excitement in the legal world about the fact that Made in...

May 8 2012 1:10pm

Complain About The BSB At Your Peril, Bar Students – ‘Independent’ Complaints Body Is Chaired By BSB Member

A recent article, ‘EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Students Point Finger At Bar Standards Board Following ‘Disastrous’ And...

May 8 2012 7:28am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 8 May

Almost 50% of people rely on TV dramas for legal knowledge – Liverpool Daily Post...

May 8 2012 6:46am

Ex-Clifford Chance Solicitor Who Works Part-Time As Roy Hodgson Look-a-Like Backs New England Boss

The Sun took its legal coverage up a notch today when it featured solicitor Neil...

May 4 2012 12:40pm

Berwin Leighton Paisner Trainee Posed as Evening Standard Journalist To Obtain Info In Olympics Dispute, Say Protesters

A trainee solicitor at Berwin Leighton Paisner has been reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority...

May 4 2012 9:54am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 4 May

Cameron gets legal tutoring to prepare for grilling at Leveson – The Independent Philip Marshall...

May 4 2012 8:40am

‘Fake’ Barrister Used Pub As Office And Joked His Wig Was ‘Itchy’, Says Prosecution

Last week, the trial of a law graduate charged with fraud for attempting to pass...

May 3 2012 2:05pm

London Election Day: Full List of Lawyer Candidates, Including The Fisher Meredith Partner Standing For UKIP

Last week, I wrote a piece for The Guardian profiling three of the lawyers vying...

May 3 2012 12:32pm

Linklaters Pays Alistair Darling £15,300 For Making a Speech

As you may have noted from the extract above – taken from the House of...

May 3 2012 10:27am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 3 May

Barrister’s failure to turn up was “a gross discourtesy” – Llanelli Star JAC commissioner: ‘let...

May 3 2012 9:00am

Paperless Dream Is Over At Rolls Building As ‘Cutting Edge’ E-Filing System Is Axed

Much has been made of how modern the new “state-of-the-art” Rolls Building court complex is....

May 2 2012 1:57pm

Want a Trainee? Law Society To Help London Trainees At Stricken Dewey & LeBoeuf Find New Firms

The Law Society is set to step in to assist trainees in the London office...

May 2 2012 12:33pm

ADVICE: Your Uni Choices Are Fine, But Why The Narrow Focus On The Bar?

I recently received this email from a prospective law student… Read my response below.

May 2 2012 9:55am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 2 May

Law graduate denies describing himself as a barrister in court – Peterborough Today Ex-Eastenders star...

May 2 2012 9:04am

Lord Phillips of Sudbury: ‘Impersonal’ and ‘Bureaucratic’ Legal Profession Is ‘In Crisis’

Veteran lawyers are always complaining that the profession is going to the dogs. But never...

May 1 2012 12:22pm

‘Glory, Glory, Legal Cobra!’

Ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors of the highest echelons of the...

May 1 2012 10:24am