Author: legal-cheek
End of the day round-up
Judicial Statement: “We have been made aware that members of the Bar and solicitors have...
Morning round-up: Friday 19 April
“Lawyers are treated with a little bit more respect than porn magazine editors”: Ex-features editor...
End of the day round-up
DLA Piper settles “churn that bill, baby!” dispute [New York Times] Paralegals have the same...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 18 April
Training contracts down to the lowest level since 1999 [Law Society Gazette] Paralysed builder to...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Top QC: “I stared down barrel of a revolver and faced torture threats” [Nottingham Post]...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 17 April
Bar nursery to help women barristers with kids rise through ranks [Evening Standard] Law student...
Law Revision #Pippatips
It’s exam time, and the legal blogosphere is awash with revision tip articles – rather...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 16 April
MP plotting changes to libel laws earns thousands as a libel lawyer [The Independent] Guantánamo...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Law graduate who was jailed for fraud after pretending to be a barrister fails in...
Legal Cheek High Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. How (Not) To Be A Trainee Solicitor 2. 10 Reasons To Be Kind To...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 12 April
Criminal barrister responds to Grayling’s idea that barristers’ legal aid fees should not exceed the...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 11 April
Breaking Bad could get spin-off based on criminal lawyer Saul Goodman [Unreality TV] A tracksuit...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Russell Brand goes on a tour of the Temple where he pretends to be Rumpole...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 10 April
Law graduate was the architect of anti-Thatcher party in Glasgow [Mail Online] Margaret Thatcher and...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Britain’s highest paid criminal lawyers are to have their fees slashed by 30% [Evening Standard]...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 9 April
Happy Be Kind To Lawyers Day! [Days Of The Year] Grayling to announce more legal...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Wait, who is Margaret Thatcher anyway? [Tumblr] Margaret Thatcher: tax barrister [BBC News] 21 incredibly...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 8 April
Romanian lawyer sues his bishop and four priests claiming they failed to properly exorcise flatulent...
End Of The Day Round-Up
I’m going to have to teach lesbian asylum seekers ‘how to act lezzer’ [Comment is...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 5 April
Chuka Umunna’s internet secrets from his solicitor days [Mail Online] Pressure on courts meant solicitor...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Mr Swindell the solicitor is struck off [Lancashire Telegraph] How I feel when reading a...