Author: judge-john-hack

Legal commentator doyen Joshua Rozenberg leads the charge against a high street practice that appears to have a penchant for lifting other writers’ words

Festival punters can’t move without tripping over a barrister -- or someone playing at being a barrister -- about to jump on stage

Bit of a mug

Latest figures show tumbling pass rates on vocational course exam -- with bar regulators scratching their heads over the cause

2 Hare Court barrister Rob Rinder talks to Legal Cheek about being the UK’s answer to Judge Judy

Legal Cheek broke the original story of Bar Council investigation flaws that led to arrest as Monika Juneja now faces seven counts

Court canteens — menus range from the ridiculous to the dangerous

Don’t spend it all in one place…

Renowned American comedian and actor started movie career in forgettable role as a courtroom hack

The Law Society’s excellent adventure kicks off again this year with 17 award categories for solicitors, including a gong for training

Spookily, 1989 cult classic Back to the Future II — which is set in 2015 — forecast not only hipster fashion, but the end of lawyers…

Moving moment

The rocketing number of law graduates -- and the topsy-like growth of the legal profession over the last generation -- has got The Times worried. But the numbers aren’t as simple as they seem

David M Irving Solicitors may be rueing its 2007 ‘Isis Legal’ rebrand

Legal hurdles

Glitch in outsourcing services blamed for lack of Mandarin speaker in trial at Cardiff Crown Court

A key historic plank of the solicitor qualification process is dying -- but the training contract is going not with a bang, but a whimper

Two-and-a-half years on from the Occupy movement's foray into the provision of justice, the 1% get their revenge as spate of court sell-offs continues

Notice board niggles

The craze of getting the general public to finance a business -- and run the risk of failure -- has taken a giant leap in the legal profession

Life as a solicitor or barrister isn't always what it seems