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‘I’ve often gone hungry and can’t afford a wig, gown or practitioner textbooks,’ admits pupil barrister
Baby barrister at civil legal aid set tells of bleak pupillage existence.
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 was shot down by Chinese missile, claims practising barrister
Barrister who is registered to practise with the Bar Standards Board (BSB) is confident that he has unravelled mystery of flight MH 370.
Lyons Davidson trainee solicitor faces jail following dog’s death
Rookie pleads guilty after she left her dog to starve to death.
Doughty Street’s website is the loser in Amal Alamuddin’s budding friendship with George Clooney
The top human rights chamber's website goes down again after Doughty Street rookie Amal Alamuddin is pictured once more with George Clooney.
Confusing rules governing use of ‘barrister’ title produce their most absurd result yet
It's illegal to call yourself a barrister when you've never been called to the Bar, but a lack of appetite for enforcing the law means it's possible to do so and avoid sanction.
9 reasons why Britain’s top divorce lawyer is set to have Britain’s top wedding
Self-styled "Britain's top divorce lawyer" Ayesha Vardag has unveiled a new blog to disseminate information about her forthcoming nuptials to her colleague, Stephen Bence. Readers are left in no doubt of Vardag's commitment to attaining excellence in all things.
Lawyers coin new ‘Grayling Hearing’ expression
A wave of adjourned cases due to the unavailability of protesting barristers has spawned a new term.
Shock as top judge hit by ‘serious misconduct’ finding for making misleading entries in his Outlook diary
An unexpected statement by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has left lawyers stunned.
Supreme Court chief suggests that top chambers waive first class degree requirement for state school applicants
Lord Neuberger wants to see leading sets hire fewer public school types.
Solicitor’s forging of colleagues’ signatures as a trainee comes back to haunt her
Katherine Edwards' legal career is over after "moment of madness" during her training contract.
Vice journalist pens article about gatecrashing a Birkbeck law lecture
Hack uses wiles to experience Birkbeck's 'Law Course Choices Day'...for free, but fails to access UCL and LSE.
Clarke Willmott partner to leave firm after calling for ‘dedicated Islamic airports and airlines’ on Twitter
EXCLUSIVE: Leading national firm condemns views expressed by partner Jamie Foster and reveals that he is to leave organisation.
The law students providing legal advice to the Silicon Roundabout
What's it like advising east London tech entrepreneurs about the law?
Rapper-turned-lawyer who thinks ‘like a criminal’ wins global fame with viral ad
Dramatised scenes of criminals thanking US lawyer Daniel Muessig before proceeding to commit further crimes rile legal profession but impress bloggers.
Day of action: ‘My uni mates went to magic circle firms, I chose the criminal Bar’
23 Essex Street junior Vicky Gainza finds the Crown Prosecution Service's threat to withhold work from striking barristers scary — but not as scary as the alternative of doing nothing to prevent the government's legal aid cuts.
3 top QCs criticise plan to wear wigs during Friday’s day of action
A split has opened up between those who want to protest in full court garb, and those who don't.
9 photos of how places which featured in famous cases look today
The law graduate who spotted that the car park in Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking is being demolished has a blog containing photos of how places which featured in famous cases look today.
It’s the 7 year anniversary of the best law video ever made
Since appearing on YouTube on 2 March 2007, a Donoghue v Stevenson-inspired parody of The...
Littleton Chambers barrister likened to Basil Fawlty as her hotel sideline venture is slammed on TripAdvisor
Flamboyant employment barrister discovers that TripAdvisor is rather more brutal than Chambers and Partners.
QC’s devastating response to CPS barrister threat made public as tensions rise ahead of Friday’s strike
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) warning that barristers who strike will lose work elicits memorable letter from 9-12 Bell Yard head Mukul Chawla QC.
Solicitor in zippable ‘Super Tie’ Dragon’s Den nightmare
A solicitor has had his entrepreneurial dream of "revolutionising neckwear for men" rubbished on BBC2's Dragon's Den.