Tag: News

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Lawyer decorates house with 502,165 Christmas lights, shatters world record [The Atlantic] Video of lawyer’s...

Nov 26 2013 4:38pm

Advice: ‘I’m struggling to survive in the arts and yearn to fight the good fight — should I try to become a barrister?’

The other day I received this email from an Oxford University law graduate…

Nov 26 2013 12:50pm

Male barrister hotness by region: an infographic

YourBarristerBoyfriend’s list of the ’21 Hottest Regional Male Barristers’ — released this morning as a...

Nov 26 2013 11:06am

Nottingham barrister Matthew O’Grady triumphs in YourBarristerBoyfriend regional hottie list

Family law barrister Matthew O’Grady (pictured below) of Nottingham’s St Mary’s Chambers has scooped top...

Nov 26 2013 8:37am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 26 November

Short jail terms are bad for criminals, says Lord Neuberger: Sentences under six months ‘disrupt...

Nov 26 2013 7:50am

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City lawyer caught driving at 109mph in his Bentley on the M5 [Express & Echo]...

Nov 25 2013 4:02pm

‘Fit sexy law lecturer’ of the week

Spotted on London Craigslist… Click on screenshot to enlarge. Image via Meme Crunch Follow @legalcheek...

Nov 25 2013 10:48am

A lawyer’s commuting hell: distilled

Nobody enjoys commuting less than in-house lawyer Twitter sensation Legal Bizzle Has the journey to...

Nov 25 2013 9:22am

Morning round-up: Monday 25 November

“No longer will it be possible for youngsters from ordinary backgrounds, let alone poor backgrounds,...

Nov 25 2013 8:06am

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ECHR recognises claims for defamation of the dead [Inforrm’s Blog] The full judgement by the...

Nov 22 2013 3:56pm

How cycling made me a better lawyer

If he knew then what he knows now, ‘Cycling Silk’ Martin Porter QC would have...

Nov 22 2013 12:27pm

BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal

Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...

Nov 22 2013 8:19am

BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal

Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...

Nov 22 2013 8:19am

Morning round-up: Friday 22 November

Russell Brand: “I’m suing The Sun on Sunday” [Digital Spy] I'm suing the Sun on...

Nov 22 2013 7:39am

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Wikipedia sends cease-and-desist letter to PR firm offering paid edits to site [The Guardian] The...

Nov 21 2013 4:04pm

Black belt barrister promotes mixed civil practice through martial arts home video

A barrister uses Tae Kwon Do to demonstrate her toughness

Nov 21 2013 9:14am

Morning round-up: Thursday 21 November

Man accused of flinging fish guts round office of top Sussex solicitor [The Argus] 12KBW...

Nov 21 2013 8:24am

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Car firm ordered to pay up after failed job on lawyer’s vintage car [Evening Standard]...

Nov 20 2013 3:55pm

10 things you wouldn’t expect to find in a law textbook

Legal textbooks hold all sorts of surprises… A land law textbook dedicated to…’Cornflake’. Who dedicates...

Nov 20 2013 11:31am

‘Nobody in their right mind would advise a son or daughter to become a criminal barrister,’ says top judge

A retiring High Court judge has spoken of his despair at the state of the...

Nov 20 2013 10:08am