Category: Morning round-up

Broadcasters pushing for cameras in court only want ‘rape, blood and gore’, claims peer [Press...

Gay marriage row: Ukip plans to derail David Cameron [The Guardian] Why are dead people...

‘There are now more lawyers in the country than police officers. Why is that?’ [Mail...

Six fat cat lawyers get £½MILLION each a year legal aid [The Sun] A much-used...

High Court judge accused of jumping red light tries to have case thrown out because...

Legal Cheek at the Google campus: in tweets via competing hashtags [#legalcheek #legalcheeklive] When Britain’s...

Free the Press, free the Judges [The Independent] Law firms: the priciest partnerships [The Economist]...

Google ‘should face libel laws over blogging site’ [Metro] Philadelphia judge ‘hangs himself after separating...

Mail finds new love for Human Rights Act [UK Human Rights Blog] as Shami Chakrabarti opposes...

The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers [The Spectator] I’m a barrister,...

The future of the legal profession in England and Wales: depressing or inspiring? [Standpoint] Transfer...

Can you get around Facebook’s terms of service by posting some legal-sounding mumbo-jumbo on your...

Milking: an udderly bizarre student trend [The Guardian] Leveson Inquiry will be shelved or re-assigned...

“The newspapers will print nothing but Leveson Leveson Leveson this week” [Adam Wagner via Twitter]...

German lawyer claims 38DD girlfriend tried to smother him to death with her breasts [Mail...

Judges’ lunchtime drinking at the Old Bailey [The Guardian] Lady Wheatcroft: “In particular the thing...

Society of Black Lawyers to hold police talks ahead of complaint over Tottenham ‘Yid’ chants...

Clarke’s secret courts belong in a repressive regime and undemocratic society warn lawyers [Mail Online]...

Judicial review ‘industry’ to be cut as right to challenge public bodies’ decisions curtailed, says...

The future: applying for training contracts and pupillages via Facebook? [Forbes] Lord Neuberger’s speech on...

Kings College London law students to share £20 million gift from Harvey Nichols owner [Evening...