Tag: Solicitors
There was a lawyer in a cage at Liverpool Street station
It’s amazing what you can stumble across in the rush hour at one of London’s busiest railway stations
Legal Cheek election poll results: law students and lawyers back Labour
Ed Miliband’s margin over the Conservatives is narrow, but enough to give the red rose party an outright majority
Solicitor who called for all-Islamic airlines now wants City law firms to fund criminal legal aid
Huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’ specialist says government should legislate to force mega-law firms into pro bono deal
Burges Salmon retains all 24 of its trainees and repeats pledge to boost graduate hiring
Good times in Brizzle
The Judge Rules: Offering a glass of wine doesn’t amount to harassment
Women law students and young female lawyers doubtless have to battle leery male counterparts -- but there are gradations of perviness
Slaughter and May leaps to top of magic circle newly-qualified pay pile
King of the establishment firm hits psychologically important £70k mark, but still trails well behind Yanks in City
Solicitor numbers rocket by 20% in face of tough economic climate
When will the bubble burst? There are 190% more practising today than 30 years ago
Clifford Chance outstrips rivals in bid to field most charity walkers
Law firms can’t resist competing with each other -- even over charity events, as a league table currently being updated on social media graphically illustrates
Litigant-in-person files notice to ‘f*ck this court and everything it stands for’
This expletive-fuelled -- but strangely nearly cogent -- notice to a US federal court judge may be the rudest official legal document ever
Law firm charges wannabe solicitors thousands for homemade diploma and internship
Exclusive: The very expensive fortnight may leave students in more debt and still jobless
9 hateful Daily Mail comments about lawyers prompted by the illegal cycling of Justine Thornton
Further proof that Mail readers really, really hate lawyers
Election latest: some voters aren’t that sold on lawyer candidates
One Tory newbie barrister in standing in Hampshire, and our old friend the former telly producer turned Justice Secretary come in for flack
Official figures: training contracts plummet by 12.5% over last decade
Tough conditions for wannabe solicitors continues -- as stats show London tightens grip on training contract market
Exposed: another possible supermarket case of outrageous passing off
Will the intellectual property law teams at two supermarket giants leap into their panda cars to clamp down on these cheeky independents?
Bring on the revolution, cries former Appeal Court judge, imploring lawyers to ignore establishment and go on strike
Timid approach from establishment representation bodies should be binned, advises Sir Anthony Hooper, in bid to put fire in belly of criminal law practitioners
City lawyer parliamentary candidate battles claims he over-egged experience at Clifford Chance
Tory safe seat man in bid to refute allegations that his claim to have headed a magic circle department is a big fat exaggeration
Meet the solicitor-pop star more popular than her magic circle law firm
Slaughter and May pop star associate puts her firm in social media shadows with her latest catchy release
The Judge rules: lawyer websites — little more than worthy vanity publishing
A recent rash of online efforts from the legal profession should be praised for effort, but they won’t reach their supposed target audiences
Aussie law school boldly heads for space – but in wake of Sunderland trailblazers
University of Adelaide today takes its specialist module to the launch pad warning of fears that it’s not that lonely in space after all
Cambridge law grads are the biggest earners in the legal profession
Light blues outstrip ancient rivals Oxford by £7,000, while LSE comes second and even the Scots get a look in
Kennedy QC v Starkey in almighty Magna Carta bust up on this morning’s BBC radio
Lawyer and historian go hammer and tongs, while Twittersphere lambasts Law Society for dropping definite article clanger regarding the 800-year-old document