Tag: News
Bar Course Aptitude Test Delayed Yet Again
Legal Futures, 25 July 2012, on the introduction of the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT):...
A City Lawyer Remembers It’s National Pro Bono Week…
There’s a list of the events taking place this week at ProBonoUK.
Ex-Simmons Solicitor Who Blew £1m In Divorce Battle Against Fellow City Lawyer Pitches For Family Law Reform Role
Between them, former Simmons & Simmons associate Anna Kavanagh and her ex-husband, Holman Fenwick Willan...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 5 November
Taxi for the billable hour… [Clerkingwell] A solution to the prisoners’ votes problem [The Law...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Battle Of The Top QCs: Kirsty Brimelow And John Cooper In Massive Twitter Bust-Up...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Leaving work on a Friday [#WhatShouldWeCallMe] What to do about trolls? [The Justice Gap] Twists...
Battle Of The Top QCs: Kirsty Brimelow And John Cooper In Massive Twitter Bust-Up
It started with this proud tweet from John Cooper QC. Which was followed by this...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 2 November
Legal profession giddy with excitement as Chambers and Partners’ new UK rankings released [Twitter] Lawyer...
End Of The Day Round-Up
British judge: Say you’re sorry Apple… this time like you MEAN it [The Register] Chorley...
Law Firm Logo Of The Week
As highlighted by legal tweeter extraordinaire Antonin Pribetic.
Why Unemployed Law Graduates Should Ignore The Trend To Go Out On The Street And Hustle For a Job
Earlier this week, a City lawyer told me that his firm had experienced a “surge”...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 1 November
Solicitor aims to be UK Scrabble champion [BBC] Society of Black Lawyers’ Peter Herbert on...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Exclusive pictures: the decaying state of our courts [Life In The Bus Lane] Russell Brand...
How Never Having Done a Pupillage Needn’t Stop You Appearing On The Telly As a ‘Barrister’
Over the weekend, David Neita, a self-styled ‘People’s Lawyer and People’s Poet’, was interviewed on BBC...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 31 October
The law and magical thinking [Jack of Kent] Tooks chambers barrister: FA’s anti-racism rules are...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Judge ‘screamed at pregnant defendant and told her she was worthless before storming out of...
The Law Firms Which Owe £5K To a Barrister 4 YEARS After He Was Instructed By Them
Legal Cheek has obtained records that show the names of 15 law firms which have...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 30 November
Legal aid cheats targeted by Ministry of Justice [BBC] Society of Black Lawyers calls on...
End Of The Day Round-Up
US Supreme Court isn’t troubled by Hurricane Sandy [Reuters] Law firm’s Lance Armstrong comment [Private...
*Inns Of Court Scholarship Deadline Alert*
Wannabe barristers who forget to apply for a lucrative Inns of Court scholarship may find...