Tag: Barristers

The best law books that aren’t To Kill a Mockingbird

Legal Cheek team's picks

Aug 29 2017 9:35am

‘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’

Aug 25 2017 11:19pm

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

Aug 24 2017 9:14am

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

Aug 23 2017 11:39am

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

Aug 17 2017 10:02am

Mass exodus at Mansfield 1 Gray’s Inn Square as 20 barristers join Goldsmith Chambers

Exclusive: Just eight months after merger deal

Aug 15 2017 10:27am

‘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'

Aug 8 2017 1:23pm

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

Aug 8 2017 11:08am

Why do barrister gowns look so weird from the back?

Some think it's so money can be dropped inside

Aug 3 2017 1:19pm

Complaints about barristers’ social media behaviour on the rise

But many are dismissed as free speech

Aug 2 2017 2:23pm

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

Aug 2 2017 11:46am

Keir Starmer QC turns down Mishcon de Reya job

Labour MP and Shadow Brexit Sec declines City advisory role owing to 'other commitments'

Jul 25 2017 1:57pm

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

Jul 18 2017 11:25am

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

Jul 17 2017 11:55am

Another Doughty Street barrister gets the tabloid treatment

Jennifer Robinson caught in crossfire as newspapers target key Labour figure

Jul 11 2017 4:43pm