Tag: Crime

Amid “Heartache, Depression and Personal Bankruptcy”, Are We Finally Seeing The End Of The Criminal Bar?

Last night at the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) dinner at Middle Temple Hall, CBA chair...

May 18 2012 8:35am

‘I’m The MD Of Mangan Associates!’ Man Who Claimed He Was Solicitor Faces Jail

It seems that everyone is pretending – or at least allegedly pretending – to be...

May 17 2012 2:12pm

‘Fake’ Barrister Used Pub As Office And Joked His Wig Was ‘Itchy’, Says Prosecution

Last week, the trial of a law graduate charged with fraud for attempting to pass...

May 3 2012 2:05pm

‘Prostitute’ Lawyer Jailed For Running Belfast Brothel

Natacha Pociana, a qualified lawyer from Brazil, has been jailed for two months after admitting...

Apr 16 2012 9:08am

City Lawyer In Dog Murder Stalking Riddle

Baffled police are attempting to figure out why Graeme Francis, a solicitor at Keystone Law,...

Mar 22 2012 3:53pm

Get Your Law Lecturer Released From Prison, Too?

Students at Bedfordshire University are petitioning against the imprisonment of their psychology lecturer, Dr. Theodora...

Feb 3 2012 10:13am

MP Demands Action After Legal Cheek Reveals £81K Theft Barrister is Still Practising

Today in the House of Commons, Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland will call for...

Jan 31 2012 10:17am

Legal Am-Dram: Lawyers Retry Playwright Joe Orton

Legal Cheek associate editor Emily Jupp reviews Friday’s re-trial of 1960s playwright and library-book defacer...

Jan 30 2012 1:52pm

Contempt of Court : Another One Heads to Jail

A man who shouted obscenities at a judge and punched a bench has become the...

Jan 26 2012 2:49pm