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Morning Round-Up: Monday 3 September
Danger dog trial put off after barrister fails to show – The Sentinel Lawyer for...
EXCLUSIVE: 4 Breams Buildings Deletes Twitter Account After It Emerges That Most Of Its 15,000 Followers Were Fake
On Wednesday morning, the Twitter account of London criminal set 4 Breams Buildings boasted almost...
‘If @TheDappy Gets Sent Down Today Then We’re All Gonna Go To Guildford Crown Court & Kill The Judge’
The brave new world of social media isn’t working out so well for judges. As...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 31 August
Roman Abramovich: “Krysha was required. It was impossible to keep hold of the company without...
British Law Firm* Is Obama’s Third Highest Campaign Funder
None of the ‘serious’ legal publications have reported the news that DLA Piper is the...
Meet The Solicitors With Second Jobs As Writers For Essay Companies That Target Students
Yesterday, we brought you news of an essay-writing company that pays LPC and BPTC graduates...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 30 August
Daily Mail accuses Neil Morrissey lawyers of abusing ‘no win, no fee’ deal – The...
Might Even Graduates Of ‘Reputable’ Unis Struggle To Write Decent Essays When They’re Paid Just £43 Per 1,000 Words?
Last week, an essay-writing company posted an ad seeking law graduates with “a minimum Undergraduate...
Fifty Shades Of Gray’s Inn: ‘His Eyes Were Like Deep Pools Of Cappuccino, Swirling…’
GDL student Anastasia Steal relives the extraordinary day she met Christopher Grey QC, head of...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 29 August
Three-person civil union sparks controversy in Brazil – BBC Recession and regulation: why some solicitors...
LPC Graduate Who Stole £8K From John Lewis Stood As a Tory Local Election Candidate Last Year
Victoria Lawson (pictured), the LPC graduate who has admitted to stealing from John Lewis via...
What Is It With Law Graduates And The Urge To Steal From John Lewis?
An LPC graduate has admitted stealing from John Lewis via a fake refund scam, just...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 28 August
Lawyers are told: Take a bus to court as Government moves to slash £350m from...
No Wonder People Think Barristers Are Raking It In…
Spotted on a robing room noticeboard…
Morning Round-Up: Friday 24 August
Co-op, like Man Utd, gets an early wake-up call – Law Society Gazette Betrayal of...
How To Face Down Dirty Tactics During a Vac Scheme
Over the weekend, ‘The Budding Lawyer’ wrote of the dirty tactics he had fallen victim...
Law Graduate Sought For Barristers Chambers Job That Is ‘Not a Step Into Legal Work’
Amid falling training contract and pupillage numbers, these are bleak times for law graduates. Still,...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 23 August
Law firm agrees sponsorship deal with Leeds United – SimpsonMillar.co.uk George Galloway ‘would have made...
Welcome To The ‘Envy Economy’ Of City Law Firms
I spend my days in the office listening to management speak. When I’m not going...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 22 August
Wikileaks slams David Allen Green – Twitter Pupillage: a right or a privilege? – Legal...
Leap To The Other Side: Camden New Journal Music Editor On How She’s Juggling Journalism And Law
For the past two years I have been leading a double life – part music...