Tag: News

Suspended lawyer’s bid to marry his porn-filled laptop is dismissed by judge

Lawyer claims he "fell in love" with computer and "preferred having sex with it over all other persons or things".

May 6 2014 12:32pm

9 charmingly vulgar lawyer personalised number plates

Because it's important that other road users know you're a lawyer.

May 6 2014 9:45am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 6 May

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

May 6 2014 7:08am

Kaplan to ditch its Bar Professional Training Course

Kaplan Law School is to discontinue its Bar Professional Course (BPTC) from September 2014.

May 2 2014 10:32am

Riverview Law to offer 10 training contracts and 10 apprenticeships this year

Exclusive: New legal market entrant to take on first ever trainees after being granted Alternative Business Structure (ABS) license.

May 2 2014 9:03am

Morning round-up: Friday 2 May

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

May 2 2014 7:47am

‘We are not doing a Tooks’ says Argent as it prepares to ‘merge’ with Goldsmith Chambers

Yet more drastic action forced on criminal sets by the legal aid cuts.

May 1 2014 12:35pm

Adventures in procrastination: the comedy Defamation Act 2013 video

Hot on the heels of the Law Revision Crossbow comes this student lament on the fluid nature of English defamation law.

May 1 2014 9:25am

Morning round-up: Thursday 1 May

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

May 1 2014 7:51am

Hilarious transcript of lawyer’s argument with witness over definition of a photocopier is turned into a short film

New short film 'Verbatim' uses actors to document, word-for-word, an incredible exchange which featured in a 2010 US case.

Apr 30 2014 1:49pm

Brighton Pier Tarot reader wows barrister

First you get hit by the law schools selling their barrister dream, then the Tarot Card readers get you...

Apr 30 2014 9:13am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 30 April

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

Apr 30 2014 7:51am

Legal pic of the day

After posting today's Vine revision tips article, featuring University of Law heartthrob Faheem Ahmad, we received this Snapchat.

Apr 29 2014 4:12pm

Top QC offers George Clooney 14 tips on being married to a barrister

The advice by 11KBW barrister Sean Jones QC — delivered via the #MarriedtotheBar Twitter hashtag — is essential reading for the film star ahead of his wedding to Doughty Street's Amal Alamuddin.

Apr 29 2014 8:40am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 29 April

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

Apr 29 2014 7:15am

Barrister to stand trial accused of falsely notifying British government of Olympics nuclear attack

Practising barrister faces bomb hoax charges under Section 51(2) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 for Olympics terrorist nuclear attack warning.

Apr 28 2014 12:24pm

Doughty Street barrister who topped ‘Bar hottie’ list gets engaged to George Clooney

Did legal blog YourBarristerBoyfriend bring human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin and film star together?

Apr 28 2014 8:22am

Morning round-up: Monday 28 April

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

Apr 28 2014 8:08am

How far would you go for silence in the library?

Court hears how law student lay in street with a noose around his neck in protest at noise in library, having also threatened hunger strike and suicide.

Apr 25 2014 10:42am

The emerging etiquette of the training contract video interview

How best to present yourself to potential employers through a laptop camera.

Apr 25 2014 9:06am

Morning round-up: Friday 25 April

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

Apr 25 2014 8:09am