Tag: News

The end of the day round-up

Criminology student and friend condemned for dressing as Twin Towers for night out [BBC News]...

Nov 6 2013 4:13pm

Chancery Lane looks like a bomb has hit it

Chancery Lane has undergone an amazing transformation over the past few days as it provides...

Nov 6 2013 9:40am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 6 November

Criminal defendants could “phone in” court appearances from home using Skype and FaceTime to cut...

Nov 6 2013 8:27am

The end of the day round-up

AA wins licence to enter legal services sector [City A.M.] Lord Chief Justice: public should...

Nov 5 2013 4:31pm

QC dad of Made in Chelsea’s Hugo Taylor stars in weirdest law firm video ever

Fans of Made in Chelsea will be familiar with Tim Taylor QC. The solicitor-advocate at...

Nov 5 2013 2:36pm

‘Do we need more law courses?’ asks top QC as new BPTC course opens with pupillage numbers at lowest level in a generation

The fact that pupillage numbers are at their lowest for many years hasn’t stopped BPP...

Nov 5 2013 11:34am

Barrister offers domestic cleaning and gardening service

In these difficult times for the junior Bar, it’s good to see one of its...

Nov 5 2013 9:06am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 5 November

Search still on for missing Islington barrister last seen in Tower Hill [Islington Gazette] Retiring...

Nov 5 2013 8:10am

Law students release legal parody of Lorde’s number 1 hit ‘Royals’

Since Lorde’s number one hit ‘Royals’ stormed the charts last month, it has inspired a...

Nov 4 2013 12:42pm

Defence lawyer asks to be called ‘Captain Justice’

A battle of semantics between two US lawyers has culminated in one requesting to be...

Nov 4 2013 8:59am

Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories

1. Doughty Street barrister Amal Alamuddin goes out for dinner with George Clooney 2. 9...

Nov 2 2013 1:27pm

End of the day round-up

Lawyers to earn higher legal aid fees for early guilty pleas [The Guardian] Petite solicitor...

Nov 1 2013 4:01pm

‘There are moments in court when you wish the ground would swallow you up’

9-12 Bell Yard head of chambers Mukul Chawla QC wishes he’d been able to make...

Nov 1 2013 11:09am

Who in their right mind would wear a BPP baseball jacket?

BPP University has launched a branded clothing range, enabling proud law students at the institution...

Nov 1 2013 9:12am

Morning round-up: Friday 1 November

“We have issued warrants for their arrest. But they have evaded the short arm of...

Nov 1 2013 8:18am

Is it still worth being a legal aid lawyer?

Last night, at the launch of a report on social mobility in the legal profession...

Oct 31 2013 10:08am

Cease and desist letter sent to prevent ‘beardism’ that violates ‘Sexually Dynamic Lifestyle’ moustache trademark goes viral

A spoof cease and desist letter sent by the American Mustache Institute (AMI) to a...

Oct 31 2013 8:41am

Bar Standards Board chief: ‘There are too many people at the Bar’ and BPTC entry threshold ‘has to be higher’

The head of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has suggested that the Bar is too...

Oct 30 2013 11:26am

9 Instagram photos that law firms wouldn’t use in their graduate recruitment brochures

Instagram — and the growing phenomenon of the law firm hashtag — is threatening to...

Oct 30 2013 9:52am

Cash-strapped BPTC students turn to practitioners texts for fitness needs

A group of Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) students has shown how wannabe lawyers can...

Oct 28 2013 12:46pm

Chris Grayling’s lone solicitor supporter is disqualified as a company director after failing to pay huge tax bill

A solicitor who broke ranks with his fellow professionals to back the government’s legal aid...

Oct 28 2013 8:27am