Category: News
Morning Round-Up: Friday 25 May
Law student drove car into security staff at Sainsbury’s – Evening Express Co-op to create...
‘I Can’t Accept The Police’s Disproportionate Influence In Court’
Esteemed, assured, and trusted by the public; police officers make great witnesses. In court, that...
Law Blogger Milly Bancroft Misses Out As Orwell Prize Goes to Super-Niche ‘Rangers Tax Case’ Blog
Gasps, sighs and the sentence “A blog about a Scottish football team’s tax case?!” echoed...
Morning Round-Up: Thurdsay 24 May
Law school grad pays off $114,000 student loan in CASH… and brags about it by...
Why Snarky Blogs Should Stop Taking The Piss Out Of The London Legal Walk
It’s not all that often that I think Alex misses the point, but in his...
Persuading The Law School Turkeys To Vote For Christmas
Yesterday I urged the assembled luminaries at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum to do something...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 23 May
Brooks, the barrister and old school ties – Evening Standard How to network without getting...
Greedy Associates: Freshfields Temp Scheme Could Freeze Junior Lawyer Pay For a Generation
There’s a growing consensus that junior corporate lawyers are overpaid, with a recent (paywalled) survey...
Is The London Legal Walk The Shortest, Least Taxing Sponsored Walk In The History Of Sponsored Walks?
I know it’s great to raise money for worthy causes – and I’m personally very...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 22 May
John Travolta sex accusers’ lawyers sue each other – Female First Why is it, that...
World’s Most Famous Legal Executive Starts Law School
The self taught Chinese ‘barefoot lawyer’ Chen Guangcheng may not have followed the Chartered Institute...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 21 May
Lawyers ‘told doctors to exaggerate crash injuries’ – The Telegraph Citizens Advice Bureau launches probe...
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...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 18 May
Ex-Eversheds lawyer pens semi-autobiographical book, ‘The Mermaid in The Gherkin Jar’ – The Bolton News...
‘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...
Eddie Stobart Lorries Launches Barrister Arm
The deregulation of the legal market has thrown up its most unlikely result yet: haulage...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 17 May
“Inspirational” pair Lord Justice Leveson and Jamie Carragher to be honoured by Liverpool John Moores...
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...
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...