Tag: Barristers

‘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

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