Tag: Twitter

Top QC asks Twitter to make his profile pic more ‘Christmassy’ — hilarity ensues
'This has won the internet for the day' 🤣

This pic of the MoJ’s Xmas tree hasn’t gone down well with criminal lawyers
'Utterly detached from the reality', wrote one barrister on Twitter, as crumbling courts and case backlogs continue to blight justice system

‘Dramatic increase’ in complaints about barristers social media posts
Overall BSB findings show reports are on the rise

Lawyers analyse child’s ‘new room contract’ with 9-year-old sister
'Would a Haribo rent be a sensible consideration?'

Barristers anger at Justice Sec’s selfie with roller-skating Xmas pud
Dominic Raab’s decision to send pre-recorded bar conference message (rather than attending in-person) has apparently not gone down well with lawyers

Barristers fall out over Middle Temple LGBTQ+ qualifying session
Huge trans rights row divides the bar

Legal aid: Are City lawyers best placed to plug the gap?
Shadow Justice Sec David Lammy's suggestion BigLaw should up pro bono efforts prompts split on Twitter

Big law firms love LinkedIn and YouTube, research finds
Twitter not so much

Magistrate rebuked for calling junior barrister ‘huffy’ after she was mistaken for defendant three times in one day
Jacqueline Mitchell handed formal warning for 'ill judged' tweet

Supreme Court judge expressed ‘relief’ at Lord Sumption’s resignation in previously unseen email exchange
Made public through FOI request

‘Cancelled’ barrister cleared of misconduct over tweet that got him kicked out of chambers
But fined £500 over separate tweet about Muslims

Dominic Cummings brands legal Twitter royalty as ‘charlatans’
Former Downing Street adviser lashes leading lawyers over Brexit views

Elon Musk mocks British wig-wearing barristers
'Mfs in the 1700s saw this hairstyle and were like YOOOO 🔥🔥🔥'

Royal baby tweet barrister cleared by London law firm
Family Law Cafe finds no evidence of 'discriminatory practice' in relation to CEO's post

Family barrister suspended following ‘offensive and unacceptable’ Royal baby tweet
Joanna Toch apologises after ill-judged remark

The 12 best legal social media users of 2021
Meet the influencers that kept us entertained and educated over the past 12 months

Jo Maugham QC claims Allen & Overy blacklisted him and his chambers
Tax barrister says 'ban' came in ‘aftermath’ of fox killing tweet

Barrister expelled from chambers over ‘stroppy teenager of colour’ tweet
Jon Holbrook, formerly of Cornerstone Barristers, says he resigned four days earlier

Barrister condemned for ‘stroppy teenager of colour’ tweet
Jon Holbrook's comment remains up despite his chambers twice requesting it be deleted

Netflix’s Top Boy uses sold off crown court to film legal scenes — as criminal case backlog hits 457,518
Blackfriars Crown Court flogged for a reported £65 million in 2019

Lawyers left stunned after ex-Supreme Sumption tells cancer sufferer her life is ‘less valuable’ on national TV
Former top judge insists comment was taken out of context