Author: judge-john-hack

Providers are coining it from foreigners with woeful English language skills, while regulators stand by, argues star student

Munich-based high-fliers resign after falling out over a female student at traditional German beer-based marathon

Yet another entry for Legal Cheek’s soon to be bursting gavel hall of shame -- and this time from our favourite public service broadcaster

“Please stick to driving trains” comment comes just weeks after “white van man” Twitter storm

A hanging matter

Lawyer wine experts recommend two German pile ‘em high supermarkets for deals on fizz and other fine wines

When on the backbenches, barrister Karl Turner wouldn’t shut up about the disastrous demise of the system; now he’s a bit quieter

Magic mushrooms

High judicial praise for Cardiff’s Innocence Project in a case that also sees a “hot” barrister in the limelight

Michigan courtroom is the scene of not quite unrivalled hilarity as Federal Court judge invokes bizarre drawing in insurance litigation trial

Bar associations and law societies across the UK line up to wave two fingers at security services and rozzers over Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

Queen Square set's application required a week’s worth of toil -- and then the pupillage was cancelled

Ministers are keen for vice-chancellors to monitor students for fundamentalist leanings -- but senior law academics have their doubts over practicalities

Student website reckons it’s sussed how to cajole knackered, stressed and career-obsessed wannabe lawyers into the sack

Law school -- but not as we know it

80-year-old former copper picks up law master degree -- but he’s not the oldest ever

Some apprentices are paid less than half what their trainee counterparts earn -- raising suggestions that the role could revolutionise legal profession training

Name games

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

Kings of comedy

Days after bagging yet another honorary doctorate, BBC Law in Action presenter is in the news again