Author: Legal Cheek
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At the risk of appearing puerile, may we draw your attention to one of Turkey’s...
Morning round-up: Thursday 19 December
Simon Hughes appointed justice minister in place of Lord McNally in surprise reshuffle [The Guardian]...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 18 December
St John’s Chambers’ Lucy Reed — who blogs at Pink Tape — becomes the first...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 17 December
“The war for talent is bollocks!” [Legal Business] UK supreme court wins independence from government…in...
Morning round-up: Monday 16 December
Right-to-die challenge reaches Supreme Court [BBC News] Live from 10am: the right-to-die Supreme Court hearing...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. 12 of the least glamorous court buildings in England and Wales 2. Frontman of...
How to ace a winter vac scheme
After navigating the tortuous application process… …you’ve made it onto a prized winter vac scheme....
Morning round-up: Friday 13 December
How has this escaped Twitter’s attention? [Shit places I go to in pupillage] Queen angry...
Podcast: Do you have a better chance of landing a training contract if you do your law degree in London?
The growing separation between recovering London and the struggling rest of the country poses an...
Morning round-up: Thursday 12 December
Ryanair’s racy calendar advert featuring stewardesses in bikinis is “banned” by Spanish judge for being...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 11 December
Three murderers were sentenced to life imprisonment on one day. The minimum terms set were...
Frontman of company seeking to ‘revolutionise’ criminal law makes grammatically incorrect bestiality slur against bemused barrister
Last night on Twitter the public face of a heavily-hyped new legal market entrant launched...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 10 December
Are we in England too paternalistic to our juries? [David Allen Green on Facebook] The...
Morning round-up: Thursday 5 December
Booker, Hemming and the “forced caesarian” case: a masterclass in Flat Earth news [Head of...
Podcast: How barristers can make an impact on social mobility
We gathered together Young Barristers’ Committee chair Hannah Kinch, Citizenship Foundation programme manager Paul Bower...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 4 December
Attorney General to publish guidance on Twitter to help prevent social media users from committing...
How to bag a pupillage during the BPTC
Kaplan Law School head of careers Gemma Baker (pictured below) tells Legal Cheek’s Alex Aldridge...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 December
The Cycling Solicitor: Case dropped against London cyclist who crossed red light for safety [The...
The QC who has been hauling in more Twitter followers than the Pope and Stephen Fry
Just five days after Gary Bell QC joined Twitter last month and he had amassed...
Morning round-up: Monday 2 December
Criminal barristers warn of ‘days of action’ — starting on 6 January [Law Society Gazette]...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. Nottingham barrister Matthew O’Grady triumphs in YourBarristerBoyfriend regional hottie list 2. Solicitor at top...