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Nottingham barrister Matthew O’Grady triumphs in YourBarristerBoyfriend regional hottie list
Family law barrister Matthew O’Grady (pictured below) of Nottingham’s St Mary’s Chambers has scooped top...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 26 November
Short jail terms are bad for criminals, says Lord Neuberger: Sentences under six months ‘disrupt...
The end of the day round-up
City lawyer caught driving at 109mph in his Bentley on the M5 [Express & Echo]...
‘Fit sexy law lecturer’ of the week
Spotted on London Craigslist… Click on screenshot to enlarge. Image via Meme Crunch Follow @legalcheek...
A lawyer’s commuting hell: distilled
Nobody enjoys commuting less than in-house lawyer Twitter sensation Legal Bizzle Has the journey to...
Morning round-up: Monday 25 November
“No longer will it be possible for youngsters from ordinary backgrounds, let alone poor backgrounds,...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. 5 types of lawyer who are destroying the legal profession 2. Daily Mail readers’...
The end of the day round-up
ECHR recognises claims for defamation of the dead [Inforrm’s Blog] The full judgement by the...
How cycling made me a better lawyer
If he knew then what he knows now, ‘Cycling Silk’ Martin Porter QC would have...
BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal
Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...
BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal
Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...
Morning round-up: Friday 22 November
Russell Brand: “I’m suing The Sun on Sunday” [Digital Spy] I'm suing the Sun on...
The end of the day round-up
Wikipedia sends cease-and-desist letter to PR firm offering paid edits to site [The Guardian] The...
Black belt barrister promotes mixed civil practice through martial arts home video
A barrister uses Tae Kwon Do to demonstrate her toughness
Morning round-up: Thursday 21 November
Man accused of flinging fish guts round office of top Sussex solicitor [The Argus] 12KBW...
The end of the day round-up
Car firm ordered to pay up after failed job on lawyer’s vintage car [Evening Standard]...
10 things you wouldn’t expect to find in a law textbook
Legal textbooks hold all sorts of surprises… A land law textbook dedicated to…’Cornflake’. Who dedicates...
‘Nobody in their right mind would advise a son or daughter to become a criminal barrister,’ says top judge
A retiring High Court judge has spoken of his despair at the state of the...
May the day never come that a lawyer is forced to sing this G4S company rock song
Did you know that the global security company which lawyers fear could land a legal...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 20 November
Secret recordings bring into question the independence of a review into claims of institutional racism...