Tag: Solicitors

Solicitors attack Justice Secretary for bullying their own professional body

What if you combined lawyers with the latest in satellite navigation technology?

"I confirm that I will be taking away the flambé into the HOME for the CONSUMPTION"

Professional regulator indicates that it may act as more questions raised over the LinkedIn CV of solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker

Rookie City lawyer had been advised that no one would find out, but she (eventually) told the truth -- and now her legal career is over

EXCLUSIVE: The latest training contract rises at CMS Cameron McKenna and Irwin Mitchell contrast with drops at magic circle duo and other City outfits as targets are announced for 2014-15 recruitment round

Lord of LinkedIn saga gets a new chapter

Latest wheeze from Chancery Lane prompts a look at the marketing gurus’ clichéd view of lawyers and the legal profession

Middle Temple's library alone costs £725,000-a-year to maintain -- and is quieter than ever now all those books are available online

Legal profession regulatory bodies take a dim view of class-A convictions, but cases are assessed individually

There may be confusion about the right of solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker to call himself ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’. But the man is the undisputed Lord of LinkedIn

Speaking exclusively to Legal Cheek, Alan Blacker — who also goes by the title Lord Harley — hits back at Crown Court judge who questioned his appearance, title and qualifications

Headline figures slam judiciary for being public school-educated toffs, but provides little insight demographics of wider sectors

EXCLUSIVE: Outsourcing stifles training contract growth at City law firms -- reductions in London graduate intake at Baker & McKenzie and Allen & Overy following Northern Ireland support office ventures

Jury still out on whether Justice Secretary Grayling as well as Law Society and Bar...

Social services take note -- kebabs should be promoted to the front line in the battle against domestic violence. At least, that’s the view of a licensing lawyer in Scotland

Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan nominates the bête noir of much of the legal profession to take a drenching -- while other luminaries are also in the spotlight

As a new team arrives at beleaguered Chancery Lane, Legal Cheek sets out the issues the solicitors’ profession leadership should be addressing for law students and young lawyers

What a bank holiday means to pupil barristers

20 years on and classic lawyer bust-up has resurfaced on viral video site Break.com

Just as the weather turns, solicitors embrace viral summer craze