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‘Turning a story round as a journalist is closer to the process of preparing a late brief for a trial than I ever imagined’

Changing careers isn’t easy, says Catherine Urquhart of her switch from journalist at The Times...

Dec 13 2013 8:48am

The end of the day round-up

Scientology is a religion, rules Supreme Court [The Telegraph] Paul Hastings lawyer pays £75 million...

Dec 11 2013 2:16pm

A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol

A Festive Fable PART ONE The legal profession was dead, to begin with. Christopher Scrooge...

Dec 11 2013 12:23pm

Lawyers aren’t supposed to fall for Nigerian inheritance scams…

A US lawyer is at the centre of a storm of legal blogosphere ridicule after...

Dec 10 2013 1:52pm

Chair of Young Barristers’ Committee says she’d still advise students without wealthy parents to go to the criminal Bar

EXCLUSIVE: Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council chair Hannah Kinch has made a robust...

Dec 4 2013 9:53am

‘The whole chargeable hours thing was a bit of a pain in the backside’

There’s a reason not many lawyers move back into practice after going in-house, says Mark...

Nov 29 2013 11:57am

The end of the day round-up

Cheryl Cole wins X Factor payout after suing show’s producers for £1.4m [BBC News] The...

Nov 28 2013 4:21pm

Morning round-up: Wednesday 27 November

Sony files patent for “SmartWig” [BBC News] Labour seizes on £56.4m under-spend on legal aid...

Nov 27 2013 8:05am

Advice: ‘I’m struggling to survive in the arts and yearn to fight the good fight — should I try to become a barrister?’

The other day I received this email from an Oxford University law graduate…

Nov 26 2013 12:50pm

The end of the day round-up

Car firm ordered to pay up after failed job on lawyer’s vintage car [Evening Standard]...

Nov 20 2013 3:55pm

Morning round-up: Wednesday 20 November

Secret recordings bring into question the independence of a review into claims of institutional racism...

Nov 20 2013 8:07am

The end of the day round-up

Chris Grayling seeks legal clarification over EU charter of fundamental rights [The Guardian] Solicitor found...

Nov 19 2013 4:31pm

The end of the day round-up

Complex fraud trial threatened as barristers decline work at reduced rate [The Guardian] Top judge:...

Nov 15 2013 3:54pm

The end of the day round-up

John McCririck loses his age discrimination case against Channel 4 [The Telegraph] Charlie Sheen “anus...

Nov 13 2013 4:10pm

Why money for pupil barristers is too tight not to mention

It is hard to support a young professional’s lifestyle on just £12,000-a-year, writes OccupyTheInns One...

Nov 13 2013 9:46am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 13 November

Too little too late as Daily Mail “corrects” bogus human rights splash [UK Human Rights...

Nov 13 2013 8:12am

The end of the day round-up

David Allen Green: Does the United Kingdom need a written constitution? [Financial Times] Diversity League...

Nov 12 2013 2:23pm

The end of the day round-up

The Bar pays tribute to Hardwicke Building barrister Steven Weddle who died in his sleep...

Nov 11 2013 4:00pm

Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories

1. Doughty Street barrister Amal Alamuddin goes out for dinner with George Clooney 2. 9...

Nov 2 2013 1:27pm

Morning round-up: Friday 25 October

Ambitious defence of the week: £40,000 worth of cannabis grown in Littledean home “was for...

Oct 25 2013 7:54am

End of the day round-up

Legal experts urge us to compose final “tweet” to go out after we’re dead [Mail...

Oct 22 2013 4:21pm