Tag: News

JK Rowling slams Soho law firm — Soho law firm hangs partner out to dry

“To say that I am disappointed is an understatement. I had assumed that I could...

Jul 19 2013 8:34am

Legal job website of the week

“We don’t list law jobs everyone wants,” reads the mission statement of US legal job...

Jul 18 2013 2:09pm

Cycling solicitor who jumped red light claims filming him is ‘against data protection law’

Woe betide any red light-jumping cyclist who encounters SonOfTheWinds, a YouTube phenomenon who spends his...

Jul 18 2013 9:40am

How to tell your parents that you failed your exams

Simple: present them with some even worse news to soften the blow… Hat tip to...

Jul 17 2013 1:21pm

‘Your Barrister Boyfriend’ Tumblr names ‘the 21 hottest barristers in London’

A Tumblr called YourBarristerBoyfriend has produced what it terms “the first ever official Barrister Hottie...

Jul 17 2013 9:03am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 17 July

Now it’s Stobart Solicitors as well after SRA grants ABS licence [Legal Futures] Will Frankie...

Jul 17 2013 8:07am

All the ‘common sense’ BCAT does is increase the cost of qualifying as a barrister

Having just sat the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) — which must be taken by...

Jul 16 2013 1:14pm

Yet another top barrister quits Tooks…

The exodus began last autumn when Tim Moloney QC, Adrian Waterman QC and Tatyana Eatwell...

Jul 16 2013 9:15am

Do the lawyers who are demanding that @Pippatips be deleted understand Twitter?

According to The Independent, Harbottle & Lewis is demanding, on behalf of Pippa Middleton, that...

Jul 15 2013 1:58pm

Lawyer sues Apple for letting him access porn after typing error

US lawyer Chris Sevier has filed a claim against Apple for failing to protect him...

Jul 15 2013 11:00am

Spoof Lord Chief Justice application by Lord Justice Moses (aged 67½) — the full text

On Friday the Law Society Gazette‘s Catherine Baksi reported that Court of Appeal judge Sir...

Jul 15 2013 8:45am

Name that UK Supreme Court Justice

The 12 UK Supreme Court judges may not rack up Justin Bieber levels of views...

Jul 12 2013 2:11pm

‘If I knew then what I know now… I’d be on my hands and knees begging my younger self not to become a criminal barrister’

The criminal Bar no longer offers a path to a nice middle class lifestyle, but...

Jul 12 2013 10:04am

The most warped employment tribunal arguments used by claimants to (generally unsuccessfully) hang onto their jobs

A recent tribunal which saw a teacher compare Jews to Star Trek’s Vulcans — and...

Jul 11 2013 2:05pm

Client-focused lawyer abandons submerged Ferrari to get to hearing on time

Earlier this week photos of a Ferrari submerged in a flooded Toronto underpass went viral...

Jul 11 2013 8:45am

‘We don’t even want to know your grades’: Is this the future of hiring pupil barristers?

Exclusive: Outer Temple Chambers has launched a new approach to graduate recruitment, which it is...

Jul 10 2013 9:09am

Top lawyers’ faces on other top lawyers

We tried to come up with a good reason for doing this, but there isn’t...

Jul 9 2013 1:47pm

Barbara Hewson’s defence of notorious age of consent article on Channel 4 news last night unlikely to win her pals

Human rights barrister Barbara Hewson’s decision to write an article for Spiked magazine arguing, amongst...

Jul 9 2013 9:48am

Charmaines and Kylies in law: a full statistical breakdown

On Friday we reported that reality TV star Katie Hopkins had used the legal profession...

Jul 8 2013 12:28pm

Spotted in the Temple: the filming of Silk series 3 — and Rupert Penry-Jones isn’t happy

The good news for actor Rupert Penry-Jones, who plays barrister Clive Reader in hit BBC...

Jul 8 2013 8:59am

‘Would I really be happy being told what to do by a 25 year-old?’

After quitting his job as an art history lecturer to retrain as a lawyer ten...

Jul 5 2013 12:25pm