Category: News
BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal
Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...
Morning round-up: Friday 22 November
Russell Brand: “I’m suing The Sun on Sunday” [Digital Spy] I'm suing the Sun on...
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Wikipedia sends cease-and-desist letter to PR firm offering paid edits to site [The Guardian] The...
Black belt barrister promotes mixed civil practice through martial arts home video
A barrister uses Tae Kwon Do to demonstrate her toughness
Morning round-up: Thursday 21 November
Man accused of flinging fish guts round office of top Sussex solicitor [The Argus] 12KBW...
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Car firm ordered to pay up after failed job on lawyer’s vintage car [Evening Standard]...
10 things you wouldn’t expect to find in a law textbook
Legal textbooks hold all sorts of surprises… A land law textbook dedicated to…’Cornflake’. Who dedicates...
‘Nobody in their right mind would advise a son or daughter to become a criminal barrister,’ says top judge
A retiring High Court judge has spoken of his despair at the state of the...
May the day never come that a lawyer is forced to sing this G4S company rock song
Did you know that the global security company which lawyers fear could land a legal...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 20 November
Secret recordings bring into question the independence of a review into claims of institutional racism...
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Chris Grayling seeks legal clarification over EU charter of fundamental rights [The Guardian] Solicitor found...
5 types of lawyer who are destroying the legal profession
WaitroseLaw identifies her least favourite legal personality types — and offers tips on how to...
Daily Mail readers’ hatred of criminal barristers — explored
A journey below the line of the recent Daily Mail article about a possible strike...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 19 November
An “object lesson in how modern litigation should not be conducted” [Solicitors Journal] Last British...
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Drink driver told he can live in his car despite being banned from the road...
Note to Guardian sub-editors: wrong procedure rules
Without wishing to appear pedantic…
Edinburgh University law students cause outrage after ‘blacking up’ as Somali pirates for fancy dress pub crawl
A group of law students are at the heart of a race row after they...
This virtual tour of the Inns of Court is pretty cool
To brighten up your Monday morning, why not fly like an eagle around the Inns...
Morning round-up: Monday 18 November
Barristers’ strike threat over cuts to legal aid [Channel 4 News] Top solicitor accused of...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. The 18 stages of the LPC 2. Downton Abbey or The Judiciary? 3. Newspaper...