Tag: Barristers

It’s not ‘virtue-signalling’: 20 Essex Street QC hits back at critics of contextual recruitment system

Decision to embrace City law hiring process drew fire from Legal Cheek readers

Mar 27 2019 11:51am

Lawyerly advice to pupil barristers: ‘Imagine the judge is slightly hard of hearing and a bit daft’

Words of wisdom (and a few poetic metaphors) for fresh-faced practitioners

Mar 27 2019 11:03am

Jolyon Maugham QC suffers backlash on Twitter after calling High Court judge ‘pro-Government’

Campaigning silk defends comments after criticism from fellow lawyers, including The Secret Barrister

Mar 26 2019 4:02pm

Litigant in person throws White Book at barrister

Lawyer lent self-representing claimant practitioners' text at judge's request

Mar 25 2019 10:53am

Jailed paedophile barrister removed from legal profession

John Guess was a lawyer for the Welsh government

Mar 22 2019 10:18am

Cambridge University triumphs in Vis Pre-Moot London tournament

Rookie arbitrators beat fellow uni teams from Denmark, Switzerland and Poland

Mar 18 2019 1:00pm

£3,000 fine for barrister who put hand down woman’s skirt and squeezed her bum

Incident occurred at a bar, according to tribunal decision

Mar 18 2019 11:16am

Profession gears up for next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2019

Extravaganza takes place at the City of London’s iconic Cheesegrater

Mar 12 2019 12:26pm

LinkedIn row: Former magic circle lawyer slams barrister’s TV entertainment show

Sham Uddin's videos show he has 'no regard or respect' for his own legal career, says ex-Allen & Overy solicitor Melanie Daniels

Mar 11 2019 2:14pm

The Secret Barrister once used the words ‘squirrel sex’ to justify a poor exam result during a pupillage interview

Anonymous super-blogger drops biggest hint to true identity so far

Mar 11 2019 10:28am

Women barristers overlooked in favour of men, Supreme Court president says

International Women's Day: Female advocates complain to Lady Hale that males still scoop the big cases

Mar 8 2019 11:03am