Category: News
Legal Am-Dram: Lawyers Retry Playwright Joe Orton
Legal Cheek associate editor Emily Jupp reviews Friday’s re-trial of 1960s playwright and library-book defacer...
If You Can’t Bag a Pupillage in England Can You Do it Abroad?
Unable to secure a pupillage in London, Shafik Cassim has had more luck in Mauritius This...
The Generous Lawyer
Monday morning lawyer joke, courtesy of Cheech One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 30 January
Retired lawyer faces jail for ‘harassing’ Kate and Gerry McCann – The Telgraph Growing number...
EXCLUSIVE: £81K Theft Barrister is STILL PRACTISING While On Bail Awaiting Sentencing
A barrister awaiting sentencing after admitting stealing £81,500 from his former chambers represented a client...
Tweeting Barrister Struck-Off by BSB
Along with Mike Semple Piggot (@CharonQC), intellectual property barrister David Harris (@Geeklawyer) is one of...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 27 January
Barrister (pictured) signs curry deal with Jamie Oliver’s agent – Wirral Globe Leveson suggests Facebook...
Contempt of Court : Another One Heads to Jail
A man who shouted obscenities at a judge and punched a bench has become the...
Son of ‘End of Lawyers’ Author Susskind is…a Law Student
Like the popular astrologist Shelley von Strunckel, legal futurologist Richard Susskind OBE makes his living...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 26 January
Uninsured law student fled after knocking down pedestrian – The Bolton News Solicitors quit jobs...
What Are Law Recruitment Fairs For?
The trauma of the City law milkround drove law graduate Jade Ferguson to explore other...
Barrister Rebuked for Impersonating Top QC
Yesterday the High Court dismissed barrister David Leathley’s appeal against the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB)...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 25 January
Senior judge publicly reprimanded over driving ban – The Guardian Lawyer faces losing $10.3m lottery...
Cycling QC Avenges Road Rage Torment
If there’s a moral to be taken from the legal news over the last couple...
LSE Students in Freedom of Expression Battle as They Refuse to Remove Jesus and Mohammed Cartoons
The London School of Economics (LSE) Student Union Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society (LSESU ASH)...
Escape Routes From The Law: Doing a Hollywood
For the legions of training contract hunters out there, being a lawyer is a dream....
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 24 January
Europe’s top judge: Cameron is wrong about human rights – The Independent Lawyer thought to...
Barrister’s Error Sees Torturers Escape Jail
As the case of fake kidnap solicitor Francis Bridgeman (pictured) illustrates, lawyers sometimes make big,...
Frances Gibb Tweets; David Allen Green Brands Trainee Lawyer a ‘Twat’
A year ago, when The Times’ legal editor Frances Gibb joined Twitter, uploaded a profile...
Alternative Careers: Working for a Legal Charity
LawWorks’ Alasdair Stewart on why there’s more to life than training contracts When I started...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 23 January
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp in dock over tax evasion – The Telegraph Quartet of top...