Category: News
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. Law student sends multiple-claused note to neighbours warning them of party 2. The QC...
The end of the day round-up
Christian woman loses legal challenge over right not to work on Sundays [The Independent] Women...
‘I was offered pupillage at the second chambers I applied to’
Unlike his friend, who crashed his hired Jaguar into the chambers where he was interviewing,...
The story of a law lecture: in 15 (possibly ill-judged) smartphone photos
The law students of England and Wales have tweeted some amazing pictures of what they...
Morning round-up: Thursday 5 December
Booker, Hemming and the “forced caesarian” case: a masterclass in Flat Earth news [Head of...
The end of the day round-up
Solicitor who attacked her own parents could face jail after fleecing Law Society out of...
Podcast: How barristers can make an impact on social mobility
We gathered together Young Barristers’ Committee chair Hannah Kinch, Citizenship Foundation programme manager Paul Bower...
Chair of Young Barristers’ Committee says she’d still advise students without wealthy parents to go to the criminal Bar
EXCLUSIVE: Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council chair Hannah Kinch has made a robust...
Just when you thought national newspaper picture editors couldn’t select a more inappropriate law photo…
They’ve all been at it lately. Last month the Guardian committed the relatively minor offence...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 4 December
Attorney General to publish guidance on Twitter to help prevent social media users from committing...
The end of the day round-up
Why the “forced caesarean” story was wrong [BuzzFeed] Full judgment in the “forced caesarean” case...
Training contract offers: how they once looked
Over the weekend BKRW Solicitors’ Oliver Kirk tweeted this picture of his training contract offer...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 December
The Cycling Solicitor: Case dropped against London cyclist who crossed red light for safety [The...
The end of the day round-up
Peaches Geldof and Ian Watkins: is social media the end of contempt of court? [New...
Law student sends multiple-claused note to neighbours warning them of party
Subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b) from this note sent over the weekend are...
The QC who has been hauling in more Twitter followers than the Pope and Stephen Fry
Just five days after Gary Bell QC joined Twitter last month and he had amassed...
Morning round-up: Monday 2 December
Criminal barristers warn of ‘days of action’ — starting on 6 January [Law Society Gazette]...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. Nottingham barrister Matthew O’Grady triumphs in YourBarristerBoyfriend regional hottie list 2. Solicitor at top...
The end of the day round-up
The first televised appeal court hearing outside London takes place at Nottingham Crown Court [Sky...
‘The whole chargeable hours thing was a bit of a pain in the backside’
There’s a reason not many lawyers move back into practice after going in-house, says Mark...
The 16 finest lawyer Movember tashes
Throughout the month we’ve been keeping track of the moustaches being grown by the nation’s...