Tag: News
DLA Piper Trainee Solicitor Convicted Of Making Homophobic Remarks And Attacking Two Students
A second-year trainee at the Edinburgh office of DLA Piper has been found guilty of...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 10 September
‘Litigation culture’ is making Britain less safe, says report [The Independent] It really DIDN’T fit:...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Woman Killed By Falling Window Frame In Mayfair Was Keystone Law Solicitor Amanda Telfer...
End Of The Day Round-Up
‘Mr Loophole’ helps £75,000-a-week England footballer challenge speeding fine… and saves him a FIVER [Mail...
Inn The Know: Gossip That’s Too Scurrilous To Publish In Full, But Too Juicy To Waste
Editorial note: welcome to Legal Cheek’s new gossip column. It’ll run every time we get...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 7 September
Hillsborough families boosted as the “Rolls-Royce of lawyers” offer services for free [The Mirror] Graduate...
Lawyer Files a Cartoon To Get Round Five-Page Limit
After having the length of his brief limited to five pages by a judge, New...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 6 September
Julian and Me – (perhaps) a final word [Jack of Kent] “Clinton’s…a lawyer slowly moving...
End Of The Day Round-Up
‘It takes a huge amount of courage to burgle somebody’s house’: What judge told intruder...
Didn’t Get a Pupillage? Well, There’s Always Origami
Hope is gradually fading for this year’s batch of BPTC graduates without pupillages as the...
Chris Grayling Appointment: Top Ten Horrified Reactions
News of the first non-lawyer appointment to the role of Lord Chancellor since the Archbishop...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 5 September
QC vows to defy court ruling after he was barred from smoking at work [The...
Chakrabarti Household’s Main Breadwinner Upgrades To The Magic Circle
One of the downsides of making loads of money as a top City lawyer is...
Reality TV Star Gabilicious Swaps Made In Chelsea For London Law Firm
To date, one of the great tragedies of E4 reality show Made In Chelsea is...
Woman Killed By Falling Window Frame In Mayfair Was Keystone Law Solicitor Amanda Telfer
On Thursday, a woman was crushed to death by a falling window frame in Hanover...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 4 September
‘We married at mass Moonie wedding’: British law student devotee of Rev Moon tells his...
End Of The Day Round-Up
UK’s top 100 law firms pass £5bn profits mark – The Independent Solicitor ‘helped’ con...
Career May Be Over For City Lawyer Who Groped Woman On National Express Coach As He’s Put On Sex Offenders Register
Hugh Wotherspoon, the solicitor found guilty last month of groping a woman on the Edinburgh-London...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 3 September
Danger dog trial put off after barrister fails to show – The Sentinel Lawyer for...
EXCLUSIVE: 4 Breams Buildings Deletes Twitter Account After It Emerges That Most Of Its 15,000 Followers Were Fake
On Wednesday morning, the Twitter account of London criminal set 4 Breams Buildings boasted almost...
‘If @TheDappy Gets Sent Down Today Then We’re All Gonna Go To Guildford Crown Court & Kill The Judge’
The brave new world of social media isn’t working out so well for judges. As...