Tag: News

NAMED: The Law Firm Requiring Grads To Self-Fund a £9.5K Paralegal Training Course Before They’re Considered For a TC

EXCLUSIVE: In March, Legal Cheek published a story about a firm that was asking law...

May 25 2012 10:16am

Jaguar Shoes v Jaguar Cars: Blame It On The Lawyers!

Just down the road from my crumbling flat in Hackney Legal Cheek’s Dalston studios is...

May 25 2012 9:32am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 25 May

Law student drove car into security staff at Sainsbury’s – Evening Express Co-op to create...

May 25 2012 8:20am

Morning Round-Up: Thurdsay 24 May

Law school grad pays off $114,000 student loan in CASH… and brags about it by...

May 24 2012 8:51am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 23 May

Brooks, the barrister and old school ties – Evening Standard How to network without getting...

May 23 2012 9:01am

Is The London Legal Walk The Shortest, Least Taxing Sponsored Walk In The History Of Sponsored Walks?

I know it’s great to raise money for worthy causes – and I’m personally very...

May 22 2012 8:21am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 22 May

John Travolta sex accusers’ lawyers sue each other – Female First Why is it, that...

May 22 2012 8:04am

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

The Hazards Of Law Blogging When You’re Married To Boris

On Thursday, 1 Crown Office Row barrister Marina Wheeler wrote a post for the UK...

May 21 2012 9:10am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 21 May

Lawyers ‘told doctors to exaggerate crash injuries’ – The Telegraph Citizens Advice Bureau launches probe...

May 21 2012 8:22am

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

Morning Round-Up: Friday 18 May

Ex-Eversheds lawyer pens semi-autobiographical book, ‘The Mermaid in The Gherkin Jar’ – The Bolton News...

May 18 2012 8:16am

‘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

Eddie Stobart Lorries Launches Barrister Arm

The deregulation of the legal market has thrown up its most unlikely result yet: haulage...

May 17 2012 9:48am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 17 May

“Inspirational” pair Lord Justice Leveson and Jamie Carragher to be honoured by Liverpool John Moores...

May 17 2012 8:50am

Four Reasons Why The Trainee Minimum Wage Had To Go

You heard it here first, a full hour before any other publication, and it’s now...

May 16 2012 7:07pm

‘Inaccuracies About the Legal Profession Make Me Cross’: BBC Drama Silk Returns To Torment Lawyers

Silk returned for its second series last night, enraging the country’s more pedantic legal professionals...

May 16 2012 10:02am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 16 May

The law firms raking in the fees from News International inquiry – Evening Standard “Are...

May 16 2012 8:57am

Picture of Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Boss To Sell For £30K

Geoffrey Raymond, an artist who does annotated pictures of fallen Wall Street icons, has turned...

May 15 2012 1:40pm

Law Firms Which Sponsored Award Ceremony In Double Award Win Shocker

“Every single night of every single year the Grosvenor House hotel in London is filled...

May 15 2012 10:00am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 15 May

Britain’s most televised barrister dons the disguise of Captain Slow – The Independent What to...

May 15 2012 8:40am