Tag: News
The irresistibility of the competition lawyer
It’s safe to assume that few lawyers have successfully charmed members of the opposite sex...
Morning round-up: Friday 3 January
One thousand lawyers paid at least £100k a year from public purse…as they threaten strike...
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Simon Myerson QC: MoJ’s ad hoc statistical release is “mendacious bullshit” [Pupillage And How To...
Pub owner’s reply to Starbucks Frappuccino cease and desist letter becomes viral hit
A plucky response to a law firm’s attempt to halt the sale of a beer...
‘One might have been forgiven for thinking I’d set up a brothel’: 12 KBW rookie barrister slams King’s College after losing lectureship over his university appeals business
A rookie barrister has become embroiled in a very public war of words with King’s...
Morning round-up: Thursday 2 January
Murderers could get hundreds of years in jail to get round European Court ban [The...
A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: The competitively-tendered trial of Lord Chancellor Scrooge
WaitroseLaw returns with the final instalment of her festive fable (you can read the whole...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 December
M&S, Muslim employees and the tricky issue of reasonable accommodation [UK Human Rights Blog] M&S...
The end of the day round-up
Councillor claims she is a barrister but she has never been called to the Bar...
Team Nigella stoops to personal insult against victorious 4 Breams Buildings barrister
Nigella Lawson’s journalist brother Dominic has mocked the “(impressive) rear end” of the barrister for...
Former Allen & Overy partner jailed for 17 years after pleading guilty to child sex trafficking
A former partner at magic circle firm Allen & Overy has been sentenced to over...
Morning round-up: Monday 23 December
Oxford University wins claim against Oxford Law School [BBC News] Former criminal barrister Anna Soubry...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. This is what happens when UCL law students who share a flat have a...
The end of the day round-up
Drink-drive trainee solicitor “misunderstood” effect of alcohol [South Wales Guardian] Blow for Nigella Lawson and...
‘Training contracts were hard to come by: 147 applications resulted in 147 rejections’
The 90s recession proved a blessing in disguise for Lancaster University senior law lecturer Angus...
The Something Must Be Done Act 2014
Lawyer and blogger David Allen Green has had enough of tiresome legislation and meddlesome courts…...
Morning round-up: Friday 20 December
Leveson lovers off the hook after “whitewash”: Legal panel dismisses claims about press inquiry barristers...
The end of the day round-up
“At least Mr Myerson has the courage to use his own name when being ‘witty’…I...
Memorably-named law firm of the week
At the risk of appearing puerile, may we draw your attention to one of Turkey’s...