Tag: International

Client-focused lawyer abandons submerged Ferrari to get to hearing on time

Earlier this week photos of a Ferrari submerged in a flooded Toronto underpass went viral...

Jul 11 2013 8:45am

When tweeting from a law firm Twitter account, be sure not to wish ‘death to all police’

A Canadian criminal lawyer is at the heart of a media storm after several highly...

Apr 24 2013 2:11pm

Lawyer Who Fell Asleep In Court Blames Hippopotamus-Related ‘Spiritual Attack’ Originating In London

A human rights lawyer who fell asleep during a hearing in the Ghanaian Supreme Court...

Apr 8 2013 12:40pm

The Bizarre Story Of The ‘Marauding Lawyers’

The Washington Post reports that Pakistani “police officials, judges, litigants and witnesses say they have...

Nov 14 2012 10:00am

Secretaries Rage At Firm’s ‘Nazi’-Style Fingerprint Regime

Secretaries at the Canadian affiliate of UK giant DAC Beachcroft are fuming after the law...

Nov 6 2012 11:18am

Mystery As English Solicitor Found Dead In Yemen

Roger Stokes, an English solicitor with the Yemeni law firm Sheikh Tariq Abdullah, has died...

Oct 12 2012 1:04pm

Law Lecturer In Sex (And Other Stuff)-For-Grades Scandal

In the good old days, sleeping with a lecturer was sufficient to get your grades...

Jul 30 2012 1:51pm

Get a Training Contract Or Get Deported: The Fate Of The Foreign Law Graduate In The UK

If, like me, you’re not British or European and are applying for training contracts, you...

Jul 17 2012 10:27am

World’s Most Famous Legal Executive Starts Law School

The self taught Chinese ‘barefoot lawyer’ Chen Guangcheng may not have followed the Chartered Institute...

May 21 2012 1:51pm

Can You Get Into a City Law Firm From An Ex-Poly?

Can you get into a City law firm from an ex-poly? And how much will...

May 18 2012 10:46am