Category: News

Morning Round-Up: Friday 25 May

Law student drove car into security staff at Sainsbury’s – Evening Express Co-op to create...

May 25 2012 8:20am

‘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...

May 24 2012 12:49pm

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...

May 24 2012 10:13am

Morning Round-Up: Thurdsay 24 May

Law school grad pays off $114,000 student loan in CASH… and brags about it by...

May 24 2012 8:51am

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...

May 23 2012 2:33pm

Persuading The Law School Turkeys To Vote For Christmas

Yesterday I urged the assembled luminaries at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum to do something...

May 23 2012 10:37am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 23 May

Brooks, the barrister and old school ties – Evening Standard How to network without getting...

May 23 2012 9:01am

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...

May 22 2012 1:25pm

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...

May 22 2012 8:21am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 22 May

John Travolta sex accusers’ lawyers sue each other – Female First Why is it, that...

May 22 2012 8:04am

World’s Most Famous Legal Executive Starts Law School

The self taught Chinese ‘barefoot lawyer’ Chen Guangcheng may not have followed the Chartered Institute...

May 21 2012 1:51pm

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