Category: News

“Please stick to driving trains” comment comes just weeks after “white van man” Twitter storm

Our correspondent and his friends rank the law firm food they sampled during work experience and open days

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A hanging matter

Lawyer wine experts recommend two German pile ‘em high supermarkets for deals on fizz and other fine wines

Ben Edelman has since apologised, but his terrifying emails remain out there for all to see

When on the backbenches, barrister Karl Turner wouldn’t shut up about the disastrous demise of the system; now he’s a bit quieter

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Magic mushrooms

High judicial praise for Cardiff’s Innocence Project in a case that also sees a “hot” barrister in the limelight

Michigan courtroom is the scene of not quite unrivalled hilarity as Federal Court judge invokes bizarre drawing in insurance litigation trial

Bar associations and law societies across the UK line up to wave two fingers at security services and rozzers over Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

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Civil litigation meets home improvement

Barrister Desmond Rosario was arrested last night and is set to appear before magistrates today on a serious sexual assault charge.

Queen Square set's application required a week’s worth of toil -- and then the pupillage was cancelled

Corporate lawyer monopoly is officially a thing

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"Who are ya!? Who are ya!?" -- Intellectual property infringement leads to drastic action

Crimewatch appeal launched after Sheffield criminal barrister Desmond Rosario fails to turn up to Magistrates' Court

Monika Juneja — who claimed to be a barrister despite never having been called to the bar — to fight charges against her