Category: News
Clifford Chance ‘motivational postcards’ offend firm’s lawyers (and everyone else)
Suggestion that solicitors at magic circle giant are a “select group that is superior” to others goes down badly.
Morning round-up: Monday 9 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
A "multi-faceted pod and its family of reflective offshoots” lands in Inner Temple gardens.
Anger and confusion as Durham students are given the wrong land law exam
Of all subjects, it had to be land...
12 famous cases in emoticons
There is a Twitter account which is telling the story of classic English cases through the medium of emoticons. Here are 12 of the most memorable reports…
Morning round-up: Friday 6 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
An unfortunately located Chris Grayling at the CILEx lawyers presidential dinner yesterday evening.
Merit-based pay schemes on the rise, as demand mounts for young corporate lawyers
A dearth of three to five-year qualified deal-making and corporate specialists is driving up salaries for younger solicitors, as pay freezes that blighted the City during the economic crisis begin to thaw.
Junior solicitor-turned-rapper unveils new track about ‘EAT or Pret A Manger’ lunch dilemma
Neither chain represent satisfying choice, concludes lawyer as he recalls unhappy training contract at top City firm.
Morning round-up: Thursday 5 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Originals from the 1850s have been moved from the Law Society’s library at its headquarters in Chancery Lane to National Archives UK.
Hogwarts cracks law degree market
Take note University of Law, BPP, and even Oxbridge – there’s a new kid on the block looking to muscle in on the lucrative world of legal education. It’s Hogwarts.
There is an anonymous junior barrister revealing the reality of life at the Bar
Blogging as an art form might not yet be out of short trousers, but there is a growing tradition of anonymous writers hoping to shock by piercing the veil of mysterious environments.
Exclusive: Up to half of Bindmans secretaries face sack
Leading human rights law firm Bindmans is sacking up to half of its secretaries in a dramatic illustration of the impact of technology on law firm administration.
Who’s the w*nker … who’s the w*nker … who’s the w*nker on the bench?
Nevada is renowned for a history of gambling, a desert landscape serving as a mafia burial ground ... and now for a judge called Wanker.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 4 June
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Fancy a night in the clink?
Students show coffee house knowledge of leading cases
End of term exam time is hitting some law students hard this year. Mounting evidence has emerged over recent days of how some can be driven close to the edge by endless hours of revising for obtuse questions about champerty and maintenance, landlord and tenant law and general tort issues.
Legal aid fee rates haircut — it’s the only one barristers will get
Women junior barristers will soon be grateful that legal protocol still requires them to wear a spot of old horse hair on their bonces when appearing in the high court -- because they certainly won’t be able to afford a session at Toni & Guy’s after the government’s legal aid rate cuts take effect.
‘Let’s go out back’ judge tells lawyer — before allegedly punching him
There were shocking scenes in a Florida courtroom yesterday.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 June
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.