Tag: News
Morning Round-Up: Monday 17 December
Barrister snub to diversity monitoring “embarrassing” and “pathetic” [Legal Futures] Judges take on ministers over...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’… 2. Better Late Than Never: Lawyers – Gangnam Style...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Gary McKinnon will face no UK charges [CPS Blog] Margaret Moran’s lawyer, Jim Sturman QC,...
‘I Naïvely Believed That If I Performed Well I Would Be Rewarded Accordingly’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
A Tesco Law Metaphor? Law Firm’s YouTube Christmas Card In Which Its Solicitors Are Wiped Out By Huge Snowball
Is the wintry mini-disaster movie created by Bhayani Bracewell in its YouTube Christmas card an...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 14 December
Law firms suffer worst quarter since 2010 [Financial Times (£)] Doubt over City law firm...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Grayling sets out plan for culling judicial reviews [Law Society Gazette] Jon Robins follows the...
Why Doing The Bar Professional Training Course And Not Becoming A Barrister Isn’t Necessarily A Bad Thing
Yesterday I met up with top legal blogger Charon QC, who is currently touring the...
Lord McAlpine’s Solicitor Warns Wannabes Off Career In Law
We picked up today’s The Times interview (£) with Lord McAlpine’s solicitor, Andrew Reid, in...
Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’…
The website TopCriminalQC.co.uk seems like a spoof. But Michael Wolkind QC’s chambers, 2 Bedford Row,...
Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’…
The website TopCriminalQC.co.uk seems like a spoof. But Michael Wolkind QC’s chambers, 2 Bedford Row,...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 13 December
Broadcasters pushing for cameras in court only want ‘rape, blood and gore’, claims peer [Press...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Trainee retention rates dip in 2012 as post-recession recovery falters [Legal Week] Judge credits knife-wielding...
Why Wannabe Lawyers Should Learn To ‘Pivot’
Initially, I wasn’t sure about applying this idea to the realm of legal careers –...
Solicitor In N-Word Row
Earlier this week a letter was published by a newspaper in Stoke which took issue...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 12 December
Gay marriage row: Ukip plans to derail David Cameron [The Guardian] Why are dead people...
End Of The Day Round-Up
39 Essex Street’s Justine Thornton’s admiration for Dechert’s Miriam Gonzalez [Grazia] Gay marriage to be...
Better Late Than Never: Lawyers – Gangnam Style
Yesterday University of Southampton law student Tommy Chuang released ‘Lawyer Style’ – as far as...
The 4 Bits Of The Bar Council Chair’s Inaugural Speech That Matter For Junior Barristers And Bar Wannabes
Last night’s speech by incoming Bar Council chair Maura McGowan QC was full of diplomatic...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 11 December
‘There are now more lawyers in the country than police officers. Why is that?’ [Mail...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Chief prosecutor supports scrapping law against insults [The Telegraph] Lincoln’s Inn Christmas tree [Emma-Jane Tritton...