Tag: Barristers

Asylum seeker turned solicitor who only qualified in 2016 wins immigration lawyer of the year

Baroness Doreen Lawrence handed out gongs at yesterday’s legal aid awards

Jul 6 2017 2:17pm

Judge Rinder declares he loves fan selfies, so here are some of our favourites of his

Features photos with Take That, fellow lawyers, and the Legal Cheek team

Jul 5 2017 3:37pm

Inner Temple to build ‘education and training centre’ for wannabe barristers

Radical redevelopment includes 120-seat lecture theatre and break out spaces

Jul 5 2017 12:08pm

‘This should alarm everyone’: Social media rages as ex-Court of Appeal judge appointed to lead Grenfell Tower inquiry

But legal Twitterati describes the hate as ‘absolutely senseless’

Jun 29 2017 10:52am

There’s less office politics in law than any other industry, new research finds

Nearly a third of survey respondents thought engaging in water cooler tittle-tattle will help further their careers

Jun 28 2017 9:39am

Hendron v Hendron: ‘Drug addict’ barrister evicted from lawyer twin’s Covent Garden flat after High Court injunction battle

Richard also 'sacked' Henry from his law firm after finding 'quantity of drugs in the office'

Jun 20 2017 11:30am

Over 60% of BPTC grads don’t have pupillage, new stats show

As enrolments on the vocational course drop by 7%

Jun 20 2017 8:53am

I got in trouble for arguing with a pro-life campaigner at school, now I’m a barrister in the Northern Irish abortion law case

Supreme Court ruled in Jeremy Hunt's favour this week, now all eyes are on Strasbourg

Jun 16 2017 9:12am

Open thread: What’s it like to be a barrister?

Share your experiences with the next generation of bar wannabes below the line

Jun 13 2017 9:55am

Exclusive: The Inns of Court are preparing to launch a new BPTC

Inns 'seriously considering' new course, but will they go it alone or get a university involved?

Jun 5 2017 10:47am

A poem: ‘Oh, I wish I’d looked after me brief!’

Legal Cheek's resident funny man Wigapedia returns with an ode to barristers' briefs

Jun 2 2017 10:23am

Freshfields, Clifford Chance, BLP, Ashurst and DWF lawyers among 300 to offer support following Manchester bombing pro bono appeal

Twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured after suicide bomber targeted Ariana Grande gig

May 31 2017 4:09pm

High Court judge ‘kissed on the cheek’ during Middle Temple Lane robbery, court hears

Sir Robin Knowles QC was allegedly mugged by man clutching champagne bottle stolen from chambers

May 30 2017 3:51pm

BSB approves shared parental leave scheme for self-employed barristers

Regulator hopes the move will encourage more gender diversity within the profession

May 30 2017 1:33pm