Tag: Barristers

There is a real billboard advertising the services of Saul Goodman’s junior lawyer self — and the phone number works

Seemingly innocuous lawyer advert is in fact a clever publicity stunt for Breaking Bad spin-off

Jul 24 2014 2:03pm

Throwback Thursday: Lord Denning and Noddy on ‘Jim’ll Fix It’

Following the popularity of the video of Slaughter and May in 1981, we have continued our trawl of YouTube and unearthed a 1985 episode of ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ starring Lord Denning and Noddy — which thankfully has a happy ending

Jul 24 2014 9:21am

Let’s break free from the cultural imperialism of US legal dramas and stop imagining that English judges use gavels

Even a respected broadsheet falls into the trap of thinking British judges bang away like their Yankee counterparts

Jul 23 2014 9:46am

A reading from the Book of Mitchell

Wigapedia draws upon Biblical inspiration to follow the twists and turns of the Jackson reforms

Jul 22 2014 9:12am

Transcript emerges of huge bust-up between judge and ‘breathtakingly arrogant’ barrister that has shocked the Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has torn into a criminal barrister and referred him to the Bar Standards Board for getting into a slanging match with a Crown Court judge — but what did the pair actually say to each other?

Jul 18 2014 9:29am

Research: lawyers face more pressure than any other British worker

Legal profession workers are massively more stressed out and pissed off than the average worker, a leading solicitors’ firm discovers after sending in the survey boffins.

Jul 16 2014 3:27pm

Just who is Jeremy Wright? Lawyers have never heard of new attorney general

Dominic Grieve QC replaced by a non-silk who promotes his ability to video-conference with the best of them

Jul 16 2014 12:19pm

In his own words: solicitor behind the viral 1981 Slaughter and May video on life in the good old days

James Mitchell — whose video of Slaughter and May 33 years ago went viral after being unearthed by Legal Cheek — recalls magic circle life in the dark ages.

Jul 16 2014 9:34am

9 things not to do in a pupillage interview (if you’re an interviewer)

An anonymous bar wannabe draws on his recent pupillage interview experience to deliver some lessons to chambers.

Jul 15 2014 9:27am

Dinah Rose QC to Barrister Hottie Experts: ‘Keep me out of your bloody lists’

Top Blackstone Chambers silk fires warning to Your Barrister Boyfriend duo as she joins Twitter ahead of Barrister Hottie 2014.

Jul 14 2014 2:40pm

Law Society lays on rubber chicken for only 250 notes per head at ‘excellence’ awards

Despite trying to pitch categories at high street and younger lawyers, only City slickers look likely to afford Chancery Lane’s gala event

Jul 8 2014 2:49pm

Barrister quits bar to become a barista

The tale of a lawyer who’s jacked it all in to run a café.

Jul 7 2014 1:27pm

There shall be a 2014 ‘Barrister Hottie’ List — and nominations are open

The Barrister Hottie Experts will once again breach Inns of Court protocol and objectify hapless members of the Bar by ranking them according to their looks.

Jul 4 2014 10:27am

7 spectacular legal typos

When jargon goes very wrong indeed...

Jul 3 2014 12:58pm

Pupil master cracks Jimmy Savile ‘mitigating circumstances’ gag on student advice forum — nobody laughs

TheStudentRoom message board removes barrister's ill-judged quip...after we got a screenshot.

Jul 3 2014 9:06am

Massive 38 per cent fall in tenancies isn’t as bad as had been feared

Three months after releasing incorrect tenancy statistic, the Bar Council and Bar Standards Board produce correct figure.

Jul 2 2014 10:35pm

Is that a former Blue Peter presenter banging on about the Human Rights Act?

Sadly, no -- it’s an MP instead. But a recent City of London event on whether the law should be scrapped still generates volatile and at times polarised debate.

Jul 2 2014 2:47pm

Chambers beware – mini-pupillages and the confidentiality horror

Bar Council warns barristers in 22-page guidance that mini-pupils should sign undertakings before arriving at chambers

Jul 2 2014 12:18pm

Tealeaf half-inches barrister’s horsehair syrup — from courtroom

Criminal lawyer puts out all-points bulletin on stolen wig, which went missing in middle of Harrow Crown Court trial.

Jul 2 2014 9:37am

Ex-bar leader: commercial chambers interested only in students with top degrees from top universities

Despite resources thrown at diversity and programmes, chambers still tilt towards elitism when recruiting, say silks

Jul 1 2014 2:36pm