Tag: Barristers
It’s the 7 year anniversary of the best law video ever made
Since appearing on YouTube on 2 March 2007, a Donoghue v Stevenson-inspired parody of The...
Littleton Chambers barrister likened to Basil Fawlty as her hotel sideline venture is slammed on TripAdvisor
Flamboyant employment barrister discovers that TripAdvisor is rather more brutal than Chambers and Partners.
QC’s devastating response to CPS barrister threat made public as tensions rise ahead of Friday’s strike
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) warning that barristers who strike will lose work elicits memorable letter from 9-12 Bell Yard head Mukul Chawla QC.
5 things you need to know about the MoJ’s terrifying legal aid cut announcement
The Ministry of Justice's long-awaited announcement about its consultation on reforms to criminal legal aid has sent shockwaves through the profession.
Photo appears on Instagram of Doughty Street barrister Amal Alamuddin with George Clooney at the White House
Human rights barrister spotted out with film star for second time, setting tongues wagging.
Die-hard Silk fan of the week
For a barrister who has been hard at work all day to re-don their full court garb in order to watch a programme about barristers suggests a deep passion for the job.
Event: If I knew then what I know now — at Inner Temple
On the evening of Monday 24 March seven contributors to the ‘If I knew then...
Would you admit to being the legal adviser on BBC drama Silk?
New series of Silk is the most unrealistic yet, despite guidance from top QC.
Stricken Renaissance Chambers will ‘look after’ its baby barristers ahead of dissolution
Set's priority to find new homes for in-coming pupil and current first-sixer, but mini-pupillage applicants to be disappointed.
The car park in Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking is being demolished
Lord Denning fans will be sad to hear that the car park which featured in the famous Court of Appeal exclusion clause case is no more.
A journey through a pimped-up legal profession with gangsta app Gizoogle
Gizoogle is a gangsta version of Google, through which a pimped-up version of the internet can be accessed. The lawyers who populate this realm do things differently.
Barristers rubbish Public Defender Service
A bin at Cardiff Crown Court has felt the full force of barristers' dislike for the much-maligned PDS.
QC list 2014: Big jump in ethnic minority silks, but why so few women still?
Solicitor-advocate numbers up sharply too, but most new appointments are white male barristers.
HM Courts & Tribunals Service embraces cutting edge gaming technology
This photo of a mystery Crown Court waiting room appeared on Reddit a few days...
Third six pupil who wowed Bar with legal aid cuts speech is made a tenant at last
A rare good news story for the criminal branch of the legal profession.
Silk series 3 trailer posted on YouTube as legal drama gears up for return
Inns of Court legal drama is back.
Do you remember your first Lawgasm?
The Negative Lawgasm: An Obscenity Lawyer Valentine’s Sex Special
Will the BPTC class of 2014 have no ethics?
This year's wannabe barristers are being taught last year's superseded Bar Code of Conduct, it has emerged.
Has an Oxbridge law degree lost its value?
Final year Cambridge law students Zahra Mashhood and Loviisa Langdon consider the impact of recent moves by the legal profession to draw graduates from a wider pool.
A legal dictionary for the up-and-coming professional: part two
Wigapedia returns with the second part of his glossary of key legal terms used in practice.
Barrister who fabricated Harvard degrees is struck off
A practising barrister who falsely claimed to have two undergraduate degrees from Harvard (and a rather-less-impressive LLM from Staffordshire University) has been disbarred.