Tag: News

Oscar Pistorius’ lawyer Barry Roux: the hip hop parodies

Televised murder trial turns South African barrister into cult figure.

Mar 21 2014 9:12am

‘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.

Mar 20 2014 3:12pm

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.

Mar 20 2014 8:58am

Lyons Davidson trainee solicitor faces jail following dog’s death

Rookie pleads guilty after she left her dog to starve to death.

Mar 20 2014 8:11am

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.

Mar 19 2014 3:17pm

Has there been a stranger law student campaign than this?

In a world containing many injustices, why target Baleen Whales?

Mar 19 2014 2:05pm

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.

Mar 18 2014 10:49am

More than a slap-on-the-wrist: MoJ criticised for its barrister earnings stats

UK Statistics Authority issues blow to Ministry of Justice.

Mar 17 2014 5:08pm

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.

Mar 17 2014 10:08am

Lawyers coin new ‘Grayling Hearing’ expression

A wave of adjourned cases due to the unavailability of protesting barristers has spawned a new term.

Mar 17 2014 9:30am

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.

Mar 14 2014 5:27pm

This IP lawyer’s footnoted rap video could be the best thing on the internet

US intellectual property lawyer Eric Mirabel — aka legal rapper E.P.M. — has released a new version of his paean to IP. It's amazing.

Mar 14 2014 12:41pm

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.

Mar 13 2014 12:57pm

10 pieces of advice for trainee City lawyers from Mumsnet readers

A Mumsnet thread offering advice to a prospective City lawyer contains some illuminating titbits of information.

Mar 13 2014 8:37am

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.

Mar 12 2014 2:28pm

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.

Mar 12 2014 8:55am

The law students providing legal advice to the Silicon Roundabout

What's it like advising east London tech entrepreneurs about the law?

Mar 11 2014 11:40am

Which universities did the winners of Clifford Chance’s CV Blind competition attend?

Magic circle firm reveals where the successful 20 studied.

Mar 10 2014 2:09pm

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.

Mar 10 2014 9:07am

10 Vine messages for Chris Grayling

We asked protesters at today's demonstration against the legal cuts for their seven-second messages to Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.

Mar 7 2014 12:34pm

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.

Mar 6 2014 5:37pm