Tag: Barristers
Twitter shock at barrister’s triple ‘C-bomb’
Is senior junior at 1 Gray's Inn Square the most foul-mouthed lawyer on Twitter?
Wigs and gowns set to be this season’s must-have after Amal Clooney namechecks Chancery Lane outfitters
"I'm wearing Ede & Ravenscroft," quips Doughty Street barrister
Criminal Bar Association makes awkward U-turn over Global Legal Summit
Previous chairman described controversial event as Putin-esque; his successor is a confirmed speaker
Junior barrister arrested following death of boyfriend in Temple flat
Strand Chambers' Henry Hendron has been bailed until March
Barristers bombard Guardian journo with spoof otter-watching texts after overhearing her mobile number outside court
Tedium of waiting for jurors to come to a verdict was relieved by a practical joke on a hack
Bar Standards Board makes grovelling apology after being savaged by top judge
Professional body found to have withheld key evidence by Court of Appeal
Inner Temple claims to have the best male talent
Debating society has rehashed Beach Boys track ‘California Girls’ to promote male hotties at the Inn
Heartthrob Cumberbatch in shock revelation: he wanted to be a barrister
Actor parents of Sherlock star encouraged him to go into law, but the closest he came was to preside over Judge Rinder's wedding
Research: 77% of rookie tenants at top 30 chambers went to Oxbridge
Top end of the junior bar is dominated by Oxford and Cambridge -- to a far greater extent than leading law firms
A QC has made a lawyer version of Twitter with ‘moots’ rather than tweets
A new frontier for social media?
BPTC application deadline extended as website goes down on deadline day
The deadline is now noon on Wednesday
11 reasons to think twice about doing the BPTC
Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today's deadline? Read this first
Why the cab rank rule is history
There’s never a taxi when you want one -- the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date
2 Temple Gardens muscles to top of pupillage pay table
As 2TG award hits £67,5000, Hardwicke and 11 Stone Buildings also boost pupil money triggering a potential cash arms race for top talent
Legal profession first — 2 Hare Court barrister reads telly weather
Criminal law specialist promotes second series of Judge Rinder by telling the nation that short-term forecast is going to be "terribly cold, terribly wet and thoroughly miserable”
Got a deep macho voice? Best not to become a court advocate, say researchers
Study shows that confidence is far more important than sounding testosterone-fuelled when wooing judges and juries
5 predictions for the legal profession in 2015
A splintering graduate recruitment model will create opportunities for savvy wannabe lawyers, forecasts Legal Cheek managing editor Alex Aldridge
The 10 most-read stories of 2014
Your favourite Legal Cheek posts of the year
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