Tag: Barristers
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‘Karate lawyer’ promises to take out corrupt judges using martial arts expertise in hilarious spoof advert
‘What I lack in formal legal qualifications, I make up for in karate moves’
Fake barrister listed on genuine chambers website is jailed for defrauding terminally ill woman out of £92,000
He falsely claimed to have a law degree from the University of London
Female barristers granted access to top London court’s male-only robing room
Gender should play no part in the role or status of an advocate, says Southwark judge
Watch what you tweet: CPS promises to crack down on social media hate crime
But lawyers have concerns
Air justice! Judge Rinder takes chopper to court in adrenaline-fuelled advert
Mission Impossible-esque promo also features a leather clad clerk and a high-powered motorbike
Mass exodus at Mansfield 1 Gray’s Inn Square as 20 barristers join Goldsmith Chambers
Exclusive: Just eight months after merger deal
Lawyers ‘glad’ they didn’t have to cross examine Taylor Swift as pop star’s sassy testimony hits headlines
‘He had a handful of my ass’
‘Sip test’: Coffee-loving lawyers slam new security rules for bringing drinks into court
'Is this really necessary?'
‘Introduce quotas for state school educated barristers and judges,’ suggests Guardian journalist
Ellie Mae O’Hagan tells Legal Cheek she hopes column will help 'address the problem of elitism'
Former Kent Uni criminology student robs robing room after posing as pupil barrister to get past Old Bailey security
He has previous for stealing law books from King’s College London library
Why do barrister gowns look so weird from the back?
Some think it's so money can be dropped inside
Complaints about barristers’ social media behaviour on the rise
But many are dismissed as free speech
Late night and early morning courts are ‘not a disguised attempt’ to force lawyers to work more, insists top judge
Lord Fulford moves to soothe profession after outcry over 8am-8pm justice
I got a 2:2 in drama — does it even matter how well I do in my GDL and BPTC?
I’m expecting a distinction
Keir Starmer QC turns down Mishcon de Reya job
Labour MP and Shadow Brexit Sec declines City advisory role owing to 'other commitments'
Freshfields partner who joined the firm in 1984 reveals he’s quitting to pursue pupillage dream
Competition litigation expert Jon Lawrence is Brick Court bound
Barrister who was disbarred after forging Lady Hale letter sued for £200,000 by ex-client
Alexander Mercouris has reinvented himself as a Russian commentator, his former client isn't happy about this
Attorney General to throw Hawaiian ‘Summer Beach Party’ at government law offices
Grass skirts at the ready
Put a cork in it! Mail Online expresses shock at ‘barristers earning £300,000 a year’ recommending budget supermarket wine
Tabloid picked up on comments made by two lawyers in Counsel Magazine
Another Doughty Street barrister gets the tabloid treatment
Jennifer Robinson caught in crossfire as newspapers target key Labour figure