Tag: Reviews

Ex-magic circle lawyer lifts lid on City law’s psychological impact in candid debut novel

Book may seem extreme but covers very real problems in the profession, author tells Legal Cheek’s Katie King

Oct 10 2017 9:08am

The Apprentice Review: Bye-bye lawyers, it was fun, but in the end you were too clever by half

As legal profession interest in The Apprentice evaporates, our blogger looks back on the last hurrah of ex-Slaughter and May man Felipe as he follows family solicitor Lauren to the exit

Dec 4 2014 2:17pm

Review: ‘The Dog’ — a lawyer howls for freedom in Dubai

A former London barrister has written a witty and entertaining tale of ex-pat life in the psychologically confusing emirate

Nov 28 2014 10:36am

Goodbye Solicitor And Barrister, Hello ‘Legal Process Analyst’ – Review: ‘Tomorrow’s Lawyers’ By Richard Susskind

As you’d expect, the inquiries Professor Richard Susskind encourages legal hopefuls to make in the ‘Questions...

Feb 13 2013 10:22am

‘Do You Want To Be Kodak Or Instagram?’

Legal Cheek tech columnist i@n davison reviews Friday’s LawTechCampLondon. Do you want to be Kodak...

Jul 2 2012 1:41pm

Farewell Silk, Now Time To Come Up With a New Mythology For The Bar

The defining images in the second series of BBC legal drama Silk – which drew...

Jun 21 2012 1:01pm

‘Inaccuracies About the Legal Profession Make Me Cross’: BBC Drama Silk Returns To Torment Lawyers

Silk returned for its second series last night, enraging the country’s more pedantic legal professionals...

May 16 2012 10:02am

Legal Am-Dram: Lawyers Retry Playwright Joe Orton

Legal Cheek associate editor Emily Jupp reviews Friday’s re-trial of 1960s playwright and library-book defacer...

Jan 30 2012 1:52pm