Tag: News

Is It OK For Barristers To Call Their Client a ‘Slag’?

This morning, I tweeted a story about a barrister who’d described his client as a...

Jul 16 2012 1:04pm

Blackmail, Inappropriate Touching And Assault, Amongst Some Other Offences: Annual Judicial Roll Of Shame Released

Most of the 79 members of the judiciary disciplined for misconduct last year were magistrates,...

Jul 16 2012 8:45am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 16 July

Lawyer fined for licking 21-year-old female client’s ear – Mail Online Woman accused of plotting...

Jul 16 2012 6:17am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 13 July

57.5% of Linklaters associates were privately educated, research reveals – Legal Week Solicitor flips plane...

Jul 13 2012 8:46am

Bar Social Mobility Week: Northerners Need Not Apply

This week is Bar social mobility placement week, with 69 high-achieving students from low-performing state...

Jul 12 2012 10:29am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 12 July

‘Aspiring’ law student claims reputational damage from leaked lingerie photos – Above the Law Matthew...

Jul 12 2012 8:17am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 11 July

Why I don’t play games with law students – Bitter Lawyer Tom Cruise’s lawyers in...

Jul 11 2012 8:19am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 10 July

Jailed corporate lawyer sues after being told he can’t order jigsaw puzzles because pieces could...

Jul 10 2012 8:40am

EXCLUSIVE: Drug Possession Pupil Barrister Henry Mostyn Is Rejected For Tenancy

In May, 4 New Square chambers opted not to sack one its pupils, Henry Mostyn,...

Jul 9 2012 9:55am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 9 July

Three lawyers make Management Today’s ‘35 Women Under 35’ list – Management Today Serena Williams...

Jul 9 2012 8:16am

Yet Another No Show: The ‘Personal Reasons Beyond Their Control’ Blighting Celeb Lawyers’ Lives

“Ooh, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC will be speaking,” I thought as I read the flyer...

Jul 6 2012 9:50am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 6 July

‘Slow-moving, celebrity-infatuated’ Lord Justice Leveson – The Guardian Slippery Uncle Sam spawned the vultures of...

Jul 6 2012 8:19am

‘Employees Too Stressed To Eat Or Sleep’: Ex-Freshields Lawyer Goes Public On Life In The Magic Circle

The high wages paid by City law firms are a kind of “risk money” to...

Jul 5 2012 10:04am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 5 July

How Katie Holmes’ lawyer father helped ‘orchestrate split’ that blindsided Tom Cruise – People Can...

Jul 5 2012 8:28am

Does The Criminal Bar Really Still Look Down On The CPS?

Whenever I write about the criminal Bar these days, I find myself thinking of that...

Jul 4 2012 2:37pm

Allen & Overy Solicitor Says It’s OK To Lie On Your CV

Allen & Overy solicitor Sheila Fahy has unwittingly provided wannabe magic circle lawyers with an...

Jul 4 2012 10:22am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 4 July

A lawyer should run Barclays – Law Society Gazette How a legal blog survived traffic...

Jul 4 2012 8:07am

Advocacy Standards: ‘The Unsatisfactory Must Go’ (But They Probably Won’t)

The Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) is ostensibly designed to ensure that criminal advocates...

Jul 3 2012 10:12am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 3 July

Serial burglar raids house of his barrister’s daughter by mistake – Evening Chronicle Wiltshire solicitor...

Jul 3 2012 8:25am

Lawyers, Did You Ever Wish You Had Become Rappers? Well, It’s Not Too Late: You Could Still Do a Rap About Law

And as Eminem wannabe Michael Bossone proves in this video of his new single ‘Push’...

Jul 2 2012 9:40am