Author: legal-cheek
End Of The Day Round-Up
Say no to Movember [The Kernel] Now BBC ‘censors’ Savile emails: Lawyers pull messages hinting...
The ‘Hilarious’ Video Craze Sweeping Law
There’s currently a fad among lawyers to craft – and sometimes tragically star in –...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 23 October
Blur drummer-turned Kingsley Napley solicitor Dave Rowntree attends Q awards bash on his lunch break...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Campaign team of PCC candidate Mervyn Barrett (who has rather a lot of Twitter followers)...
Twitter Suspends QualitySolicitors’ Anti Co-Op Law Account
QualitySolicitors’ campaign against “faceless” legal services providers – which we highlighted on Friday – has backfired after...
Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Protester Trenton Oldfield And His, Er, Oxford-Educated Lawyers…
While the decision to jail Trenton Oldfield has been greeted with shock – the New...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 22 October
Britain’s legal system needs an overhaul [Financial Times] Charon UK Tour update…and the new ‘Roving...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Is It OK For a Law Firm To Publicly Describe One Of Its Secretaries...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Top female barrister’s career in tatters after assault conviction for pulling her 11-year-old daughter’s hair...
Parading Around With a Tyre On Your Head: Enough To Halt The Tide Of Co-op Law?
Spotted yesterday in Covent Garden: representatives of QualitySolicitors parading around with vegetables and tyres on...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 19 October
British court says Apple is way cooler than Samsung; but coolness ≠ IP infringement [Above...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Gay couple win Berkshire B&B refusal case [BBC] Nick Griffin tweets gay B&B couple’s home...
Car Ploughs Through The Wall Of Law Firm AGAIN: Potentially Deadly Crash Is Second In 6 Years
Is Exeter law firm St James’ Solicitors the most dangerous place to work in Britain?...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 18 October
Lost generation fears for criminal legal aid solicitors of Labour’s Sadiq Khan [Law Society Gazette]...
End Of The Day Round-Up
High-powered lawyer named as ‘client’ of Zumba teacher ‘hooker’ in scandal that has rocked quiet...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 17 October
From torts to tarts: Legal eagle John Whaite (who did a vac scheme with Eversheds)...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Hull judge warns of drunken Eastern European sea captains [The Telegraph] ‘He literally couldn’t speak’:...
Is It OK For a Law Firm To Publicly Describe One Of Its Secretaries As ‘The Office Cougar’?
The employee bios listed on the website of Liverpool law firm McKays are, like, totally...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 16 October
Jan Moir: Manchester Uni law graduate John Whaite is “unpredictable but with flashes of baking...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Only 20% of the general public associate lawyers with the phrase “act ethically”[Lawyer Watch] Lawyer...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 15 October
How my father, George Carman QC, may have helped Jimmy Savile escape justice [The Observer]...