Tag: Barristers
The Legal Cheek 2014 end of year quiz
It has been a vintage year for legal news and gossip -- but how much of it do you remember?
Christmas sing-a-long: ‘Working in a Mitchell Wonderland’
Now for a Jackson reforms-themed Christmas sing-a-long
Former bar student blasts law schools for ‘profiteering’ from academically weak applicants
Providers are coining it from foreigners with woeful English language skills, while regulators stand by, argues star student
Magistrate who posted similar gun photo to Bar Standards Board investigations chief is sacked from judiciary
When should a gun photo cost you your job?
There is an English court where gavels are actually used
Small wooden hammer is not restricted to the US, it emerges
A solution to the Band Aid lyrics controversy: apply them to lawyers
As the 'Do they know it's Christmas' single is criticised for its "cultural ignorance", WaitroseLaw wonders if its message would be better-suited to stressed-out lawyers
Doughty Street junior barrister crowned ‘Most Fascinating Person Of 2014’
Can you guess which one it is?
All bets are off for the best legal profession Christmas tree of 2014
Now this is a law-themed Christmas tree
Shadow Solicitor-General dismisses suggestions he made a ‘Thornberry-style’ tweet to train driver
“Please stick to driving trains” comment comes just weeks after “white van man” Twitter storm
Barristers extol delights of down-market shopping for Christmas booze
Lawyer wine experts recommend two German pile ‘em high supermarkets for deals on fizz and other fine wines
Newbie Shadow Solicitor-General takes Twitter fire for getting cold feet over legal aid cuts opposition
When on the backbenches, barrister Karl Turner wouldn’t shut up about the disastrous demise of the system; now he’s a bit quieter
Law students bag first win for university pro bono projects as murder conviction is overturned
High judicial praise for Cardiff’s Innocence Project in a case that also sees a “hot” barrister in the limelight
Law chiefs battle spooks over client privilege
Bar associations and law societies across the UK line up to wave two fingers at security services and rozzers over Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
Sheffield criminal barrister arrested after successful Crimewatch appeal
Barrister Desmond Rosario was arrested last night and is set to appear before magistrates today on a serious sexual assault charge.
Bristol chambers axes pupillage place for next year — after wannabes had applied
Queen Square set's application required a week’s worth of toil -- and then the pupillage was cancelled
Ex-St Johns Buildings barrister goes on the run after police seek to question him over sex attack on teen
Crimewatch appeal launched after Sheffield criminal barrister Desmond Rosario fails to turn up to Magistrates' Court
Tory councillor pleads not guilty to faking law degree and bar course qualification
Monika Juneja — who claimed to be a barrister despite never having been called to the bar — to fight charges against her
Litigant-in-person surgeon wows Court of Appeal with ‘high quality’ advocacy
Doctor's performance "would have done credit to an experienced member of the bar"
Garden Court barrister walks into a lamppost — Twitter goes wild
Social media is watching
Review: ‘The Dog’ — a lawyer howls for freedom in Dubai
A former London barrister has written a witty and entertaining tale of ex-pat life in the psychologically confusing emirate
Joshua Rozenberg photobombs Andrew Mitchell at the RCJ following ‘Plebgate’ trial
Days after bagging yet another honorary doctorate, BBC Law in Action presenter is in the news again