Author: alex
In Which Country Do Lawyers Earn The Most? (Clue: It Isn’t Britain)
First, the good news: British lawyers pull in more cash than their counterparts in economic...
London Office Of King & Wood Mallesons Evacuated After Solicitor Sent a Cheque Covered In Dog Sh*t
A court has heard today that the London office of King & Wood Mallesons legacy...
At Last, Some Good News For Jobless LPC Graduates: If You’re Convicted Of a Crime, You’ll Get a Lighter Sentence Than Other People
Last month, BPP Law School Legal Practice Course (LPC) graduate Victoria Lawson admitted stealing more...
‘In The Years I Have Known Him, He Has Always Been An Arrogant Lawyer’: Is This The Worst Reference Letter Ever?
On Friday, a struck-off lawyer who used to work for the US law firm of...
Conservative MP Philip Davies Slams ‘Pompous’ ‘Out Of Touch’ Legal Profession In Anti-Lawyer Twitter Diatribe
It began last Thursday, when right-wing Tory MP Philip Davies labelled Judge Peter Bowers (of...
DLA Piper Trainee Solicitor Convicted Of Making Homophobic Remarks And Attacking Two Students
A second-year trainee at the Edinburgh office of DLA Piper has been found guilty of...
Weber Shandwick Head Of Public Affairs Alex Deane: ‘Why I Don’t Miss The Genteel Poverty Of The Criminal Bar’
Criminal barrister-turned-PR-guru Alex Deane loved the camaraderie and courtroom thrills of the Bar. But after...
Lawyer Files a Cartoon To Get Round Five-Page Limit
After having the length of his brief limited to five pages by a judge, New...
Chakrabarti Household’s Main Breadwinner Upgrades To The Magic Circle
One of the downsides of making loads of money as a top City lawyer is...
Woman Killed By Falling Window Frame In Mayfair Was Keystone Law Solicitor Amanda Telfer
On Thursday, a woman was crushed to death by a falling window frame in Hanover...
Career May Be Over For City Lawyer Who Groped Woman On National Express Coach As He’s Put On Sex Offenders Register
Hugh Wotherspoon, the solicitor found guilty last month of groping a woman on the Edinburgh-London...
EXCLUSIVE: 4 Breams Buildings Deletes Twitter Account After It Emerges That Most Of Its 15,000 Followers Were Fake
On Wednesday morning, the Twitter account of London criminal set 4 Breams Buildings boasted almost...
British Law Firm* Is Obama’s Third Highest Campaign Funder
None of the ‘serious’ legal publications have reported the news that DLA Piper is the...
Meet The Solicitors With Second Jobs As Writers For Essay Companies That Target Students
Yesterday, we brought you news of an essay-writing company that pays LPC and BPTC graduates...
Might Even Graduates Of ‘Reputable’ Unis Struggle To Write Decent Essays When They’re Paid Just £43 Per 1,000 Words?
Last week, an essay-writing company posted an ad seeking law graduates with “a minimum Undergraduate...
LPC Graduate Who Stole £8K From John Lewis Stood As a Tory Local Election Candidate Last Year
Victoria Lawson (pictured), the LPC graduate who has admitted to stealing from John Lewis via...
What Is It With Law Graduates And The Urge To Steal From John Lewis?
An LPC graduate has admitted stealing from John Lewis via a fake refund scam, just...
Is It OK For Solicitors To Ask Their Secretaries To Cancel The Milk For Them?
Hearing trainee solicitors talk about “their secretary” always makes me cringe. Invariably it’s done in...
Notice To Youthful Male Barristers On Trains: Give Baroness Deech Your Seat
Offering your seat to somebody else on the train is, from my experience, as likely...
Clarke Willmott Lawyers Accused Of ‘Shocking’ Omissions As Firm Pays Out £500K In Pro Neg Settlement
When paralysed motorcyclist Kenny Jordan took his case to Clarke Willmott, he would have expected...
Did Freshfields’ Olympics Sponsorship Come Out Of The Pro Bono Budget?
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s sponsorship of the Olympics cost it £10 million. The firm’s most recent...