Tag: News
Morning round-up: Thursday 7 November
Joshua Rozenberg: Phrasing the question on prisoner votes [The Guardian] The greatest courtroom dramas of...
The end of the day round-up
Criminology student and friend condemned for dressing as Twin Towers for night out [BBC News]...
Chancery Lane looks like a bomb has hit it
Chancery Lane has undergone an amazing transformation over the past few days as it provides...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 6 November
Criminal defendants could “phone in” court appearances from home using Skype and FaceTime to cut...
The end of the day round-up
AA wins licence to enter legal services sector [City A.M.] Lord Chief Justice: public should...
QC dad of Made in Chelsea’s Hugo Taylor stars in weirdest law firm video ever
Fans of Made in Chelsea will be familiar with Tim Taylor QC. The solicitor-advocate at...
‘Do we need more law courses?’ asks top QC as new BPTC course opens with pupillage numbers at lowest level in a generation
The fact that pupillage numbers are at their lowest for many years hasn’t stopped BPP...
Barrister offers domestic cleaning and gardening service
In these difficult times for the junior Bar, it’s good to see one of its...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 5 November
Search still on for missing Islington barrister last seen in Tower Hill [Islington Gazette] Retiring...
Law students release legal parody of Lorde’s number 1 hit ‘Royals’
Since Lorde’s number one hit ‘Royals’ stormed the charts last month, it has inspired a...
Defence lawyer asks to be called ‘Captain Justice’
A battle of semantics between two US lawyers has culminated in one requesting to be...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. Doughty Street barrister Amal Alamuddin goes out for dinner with George Clooney 2. 9...
End of the day round-up
Lawyers to earn higher legal aid fees for early guilty pleas [The Guardian] Petite solicitor...
‘There are moments in court when you wish the ground would swallow you up’
9-12 Bell Yard head of chambers Mukul Chawla QC wishes he’d been able to make...
Who in their right mind would wear a BPP baseball jacket?
BPP University has launched a branded clothing range, enabling proud law students at the institution...
Morning round-up: Friday 1 November
“We have issued warrants for their arrest. But they have evaded the short arm of...
Is it still worth being a legal aid lawyer?
Last night, at the launch of a report on social mobility in the legal profession...
Cease and desist letter sent to prevent ‘beardism’ that violates ‘Sexually Dynamic Lifestyle’ moustache trademark goes viral
A spoof cease and desist letter sent by the American Mustache Institute (AMI) to a...
Bar Standards Board chief: ‘There are too many people at the Bar’ and BPTC entry threshold ‘has to be higher’
The head of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has suggested that the Bar is too...
9 Instagram photos that law firms wouldn’t use in their graduate recruitment brochures
Instagram — and the growing phenomenon of the law firm hashtag — is threatening to...
Cash-strapped BPTC students turn to practitioners texts for fitness needs
A group of Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) students has shown how wannabe lawyers can...