Tag: News

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 17 April

The ex-Linklaters lawyer making it big selling burritos – Evening Standard Top barrister “loves” Come...

Apr 17 2012 7:55am

‘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

Morning Round-Up: Monday 16 April

‘You showed your butt in court!’ Judge defends decision to order man to serve three-day...

Apr 16 2012 6:38am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 13 April

‘You need this ability to suck up in City law firms, which I seem to...

Apr 13 2012 7:45am

Trainee Solicitors: Heading Downmarket?

The Law Society has said that trainee solicitors on housing benefit is “not the type...

Apr 12 2012 12:25pm

Emma Thompson To Reprise Role Of Solicitor Gareth Peirce In ‘War on Terror’ Film

Everyone has their fantasies. Mine is to win the Bar Council’s legal reporting award, then,...

Apr 12 2012 8:42am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 12 April

One Direction in legal row over name – The Independent Criminals in Staffordshire owe £11.1...

Apr 12 2012 7:38am

Apprentice Star Sparks Daily Mail Pupillage Coffee-Making Row

“If you had someone trained as a barrister, you wouldn’t have them running round making...

Apr 11 2012 2:05pm

Social Mobility In Law: Linklaters Helps The Poor To Get £15K-a-Year Jobs In Its Print Room

Magic circle firm Linklaters has hit back at critics who claim that City law is...

Apr 11 2012 9:08am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 11 April

Theft, arson and defecating in a lawyer’s office – Mail Online Guardian Court North barrister...

Apr 11 2012 7:53am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 5 April

David Cameron defends secret courts and web monitoring plans – BBC ‘Britain is overrun by...

Apr 5 2012 7:34am

A Walk Through The Law Firm Branding Hall Of Shame

DWF‘s recent win for best rebrand in the professional services sector at the Transform Awards...

Apr 4 2012 12:57pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 4 April

Man criticised his own solicitor in ‘threatening’ case – Carmarthen Journal Manchester solicitor struck off...

Apr 4 2012 7:43am

Dismissed: Wannabe Barrister’s Claim That Minimum Pupillage Award Is Discriminatory To Black Africans

Like many Bar graduates, John Iteshi couldn’t get a pupillage – or even an interview...

Apr 3 2012 12:49pm

Russell Brand Becomes Engrossed By Legal Profession In Wake Of Katy Perry Split

Newly single Russell Brand has turned to Bloomberg Law, the legal TV channel, to take...

Apr 3 2012 8:12am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 3 April

‘Most absurd piece of litigation’: £140,000 squandered over land the size of a stroke of...

Apr 3 2012 7:38am

QC Dad of Made in Chelsea Star Hugo Discusses Lawyers’ Version of Show

E4 reality show Made in Chelsea is back tonight with its third series. This news...

Apr 2 2012 12:24pm

Radio 4 Legal Show ‘Law in Action’ Hit By BBC Cuts

Law in Action, the long-running Radio 4 legal programme, is to have its funding scaled...

Apr 2 2012 8:52am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 2 April

Calls to replace ex-Herbert Smith partner Lord Gold as head of ‘cash-for-access’ inquiry – The...

Apr 2 2012 7:30am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 30 March

Lindsay Lohan can’t contain her joy as she hugs lawyer during her final hearing –...

Mar 30 2012 7:42am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 29 March

Kim Kardashian wants to date a lawyer  – Female First Occupy and the law: the...

Mar 29 2012 7:50am