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A Year In Stories: The Best Legal Cheek Posts Of 2012
We’ll be back on Wednesday 2 January. In the meantime, here are some of our...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. DPP Slams Twitter Joke Trial QC For Making ‘Cheap Points’ And Failing To Grasp...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Lap dancer loses sacking claim [The Independent] Matrix silk overturns Stringfellows stripper decision [The Lawyer]...
Just When You Thought Personal Injury Law Couldn’t Get Any Classier…‘Pimp My Claim’ Arrives
“After 16 years practising personal injury law I have now seen it all,” wrote Zenith...
2012: ‘The Year Social Media Made It Onto The Legal Map’
Over a bottle or two of the finest Tesco Value red wine, the Legal Cheek...
‘I Fear That I Was Too Ready To Treat The View Of The Experienced As Gospel’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 21 December
Julian Assange: “democracy is the sum of our resistance” [Head of Legal] ‘Julian Assange’s speech,...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Trainee retention figures hold up [Law Society Gazette] Solicitor faces up to 5 years in...
Mooting Fails: ‘It’s Very Embarrassing…I Am Not Entirely Familiar With The Facts Myself’
Among the mooting clips recently placed on video-sharing site Vimeo by City Law School are...
‘Can You Be A Lawyer With Tattoos?’ Asks Wannabe Barrister Professor Green
And the answer to rapper Professor Green’s question, which he asked the other day on...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 20 December
Looks like we’re not the only country with social media issues… Law blogger questioned by...
End Of The Day Round-Up
How to abuse people on Twitter and get away with it [The Guardian] Michael Douglas’s...
DPP Slams Twitter Joke Trial QC For Making ‘Cheap Points’ And Failing To Grasp ‘Sophistication’ Of Social Media Issues
Having narrowly beaten Kirsty Brimelow in the last battle of the top QCs, Twitter Joke...
‘Beautician Barrister’ Ditches BPP Law School To Do Bar Professional Training Course At Rival
Back in 2009, Essex beautician Georgina Blackwell caused a media storm when, without any legal...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 19 December
Posters of offensive messages on Twitter or Facebook less likely to face criminal charges, under...
End Of The Day Round-Up
DPP’s interim guidelines for social media prosecutions embargoed til midnight. But Twitter Joke Trial barrister...
Ex-Eastenders and Strictly Star Chris Parker On His Frustration With Law Firms’ A-Level Obsession
After spending his 20s as an actor, rising to fame in Eastenders and Strictly Come...
Legal Twitter Profile Of The Week
In these difficult times for the legal profession, it’s all about carving out a niche…
Fighting The ‘Facebook Mentality’: Why Barristers Should Be Proud Of Their Refusal To ‘Share’ Diversity Data
I see barristers’ refusal to embrace diversity monitoring has been described as “embarrassing” and “pathetic”....
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 18 December
Commission on a Bill of Rights BINGO [UK Human Rights Blog] Slaughter and May solicitor...
End Of The Day Round-Up
“The Bill of Rights Commission reports tomorrow. Please, please can we all try to be...