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Argent Chambers barrister Jerry Hayes in BBC Question Time nightmare

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jerryhayesHopes were high when it was announced that criminal barrister and former Tory MP Jerry Hayes (pictured) was to appear on Question Time last night.

The man who has helped rally the Bar against the government via his excellent blog would now take this message to the country on national TV. Well, that was the plan...

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Criminal Bar Association Takes Swipe At ‘Dickhead’ Law Student

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On Easter Sunday, anonymous Twitter sensation @LawVicissitudes tweeted this cheekily blasphemous gag:

It was generally very well-received, getting 101 retweets and 33 favourites. But the Criminal Bar Association wasn't so keen, deducing from the tweet's failure to acknowledge the growing financial hardship of its members that @LawVicissitudes is "NOT a law student after all"...

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The Anonymous Twitter Account Causing A Storm Among Nation’s Law Students

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law-student-problemsLaw students don’t get out much, preferring instead to pour their energies into work – and procrastination. Enter @LawVicissitudes, an anonymous Twitter account which is causing a storm among British wannabe lawyers.

Since launching less than two months ago, @LawVicissitudes has rapidly hauled in over 4,000 followers, with retweets of its pithy one-liners about what's on the minds of us legal library hermits bounding round the law student Twittersphere. Speculation about who is behind the account is rife, but the identity of @LawVicissitudes remains a mystery.

Here, grouped into category type for your convenience, are my top ten @LawVicissitudes tweets to date...

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Lord Neuberger Is Trending! UK’s Top Judge Ousts Justin Bieber As Twitter’s Hottest Topic After Voicing Legal Aid Concerns

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It's not often that you get a member of the legal profession outperforming Justin Bieber on Twitter. But this morning UK Supreme Court chief Lord Neuberger achieved this impressive feat after his suggestion that legal aid cuts could undermine the rule of law sparked a wave of debate on the social network...

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