Tag: Barristers

Court boycott called off as "gesture of goodwill"

But no official comment on price tag or suggestions that inns are getting back into vocational training game

The 31-year-old woman was found dead at a property in northwest London at the end of last week

If four-year trend continues, more than half of those on the BPTC are likely to fail ethics module at first go next year

It’s not just arty luvvies galore in the Scottish capital at this time of year…

The best law-related summer frippery

Legal Cheek Twitter hash tag generates rush of proud responses from those who pissed about at school but still became lawyers

Bar Standards Board refuses to provide details, but says single case has distorted internal conduct figures

Bar Council in possible U-turn over centralised application switch

Plucky east Londoner needs £12,000 to do bar course

It’s solicitor v barrister in fight for coveted Law Society gong

First Jonathan Sumption QC laid into law degrees, now he’s criticising qualified lawyers for being narrow minded

Barristers uses misunderstanding to his advantage

Age-old tradition of drunken bread roll fights looks set to be pensioned off as it's not sufficiently educational

Regulator’s annual figures show complaints rise, but 31% fewer lawyers were given red cards

20 Essex Street Chambers gets carried away on Twitter

Inspired by global social media sensation “Humans of New York”, two Legal Cheek work experience students have set up a legal profession version

With the courts closed and the legal profession in holiday mode, what better opportunity to do lots of pointless presentations?

Boffins invoke artificial intelligence to determine which are the best litigation horses to back

Bar Council tweet highlights a new set of Hobbit-sized lawyers

Gabriel Thomson was busted for coke seven years ago, but that's not stopping him from going for philosophy first and then the GDL