Tag: Solicitors
Advocacy In Decline…And It’s Solicitors’ Fault, Says BSB Study
A whopping 78% of respondents to a Bar Standards Board (BSB) survey believe that standards...
VIDEO: Jonathan Djanogly “Giggled and Grinned” Through Legal Aid Asbestos Victims Debate
Oh dear, Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly has put his foot in it again… The extraordinary...
Minimum Pupillage Award ‘Limits Flow Of Talent To The Bar’
Keep the minimum wage for trainee solicitors, but scrap it for pupil barristers, argues OccupyTheInns...
Shearman & Sterling Lawyer Could Be Jailed For Pointing Gun At Photographer
The lawyer who was pictured aiming what looked like a semi-automatic pistol as he drove...
Are The Earnings Of Nick Clegg’s Wife (Dechert Partner Miriam Gonzalez) Our Business?
“Can she legitimately claim to be left-wing when she’s married to a banker,” I found...
‘Lawyer Dog’ Meme Goes Viral
Legal Cheek‘s associate editor Emily Jupp, who by day works as a journalist in the...
Must We Do An Interview With The Express, Darling? Managing Partner And His PA, 23, On How They Got It On At Work
“Dave and I went to great lengths to keep our relationship secret at work,” recalls...
If You Put Trainee Solicitors On Housing Benefits, You Cut The Price Of Law School, Right?
Following the announcement by the Law Society that trainee solicitors on housing benefit is “not...
What Is It With Solicitors And Abseiling?
Look upwards when you’re walking along the street these days and chances are you’ll see...
Trainee Solicitors: Heading Downmarket?
The Law Society has said that trainee solicitors on housing benefit is “not the type...
Emma Thompson To Reprise Role Of Solicitor Gareth Peirce In ‘War on Terror’ Film
Everyone has their fantasies. Mine is to win the Bar Council’s legal reporting award, then,...
Social Mobility In Law: Linklaters Helps The Poor To Get £15K-a-Year Jobs In Its Print Room
Magic circle firm Linklaters has hit back at critics who claim that City law is...
DLA Piper Lawyer Had Affair With Russian Spy Anna Chapman
“What first attracted you to short, balding millionaire Paul Daniels?” Mrs Merton once memorably asked...
‘I Attempted To Preface Appraisals With A Quotation From The Great Gatsby’
As appraisal season approaches, a partner at a top London law firm reveals what it’s...
Through Gritted Teeth: Aussie Lawyers Tell Of Delight At Firm’s ‘Merger’ With London Giant Ashurst In £1Million Ad Campaign
To promote its recent tie-up with Australian law firm Blake Dawson, City giant Ashurst has...
City Lawyer In Dog Murder Stalking Riddle
Baffled police are attempting to figure out why Graeme Francis, a solicitor at Keystone Law,...
Trainee Solicitors Could Earn Just £5,408 a Year If Minimum Wage Scrapped
Trainee solicitors could be re-classified as apprentices – and see their salaries tumble to just...
‘He Told Me He Was a Human Rights Lawyer…’
Legal Cheek’s new online dating correspondent InkSplinter on the evening she found out that pensions...
Times Law 100: It’s Oxbridge-Educated White Men And Shami Chakrabarti, Again!
Another year, another list of the UK’s top 100 lawyers by The Times. And once...
EXCLUSIVE: Freshfields Celebrates International Women’s Day With Cake-Baking Competition
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which has one of the lowest percentages of female partners (12%) of...
Fashion Law: It’s Booming, Darling
Jobless LPC students and law graduates, have you considered fashion law? Suddenly, everyone seems to...