Category: News
Morning Round-Up: Friday 19 October
British court says Apple is way cooler than Samsung; but coolness ≠ IP infringement [Above...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Gay couple win Berkshire B&B refusal case [BBC] Nick Griffin tweets gay B&B couple’s home...
Car Ploughs Through The Wall Of Law Firm AGAIN: Potentially Deadly Crash Is Second In 6 Years
Is Exeter law firm St James’ Solicitors the most dangerous place to work in Britain?...
ADVICE: ‘My Writer Husband Is Demanding That I Do a Justine Thornton’
Dear Auntie Em, Since the Labour Party conference earlier this month, my husband has been...
How Weird And Frightening Should You Be Allowed To Be On Twitter Before You Get Prosecuted?
Yesterday’s debate on free speech vs regulation of social media – held at London’s Free...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 18 October
Lost generation fears for criminal legal aid solicitors of Labour’s Sadiq Khan [Law Society Gazette]...
End Of The Day Round-Up
High-powered lawyer named as ‘client’ of Zumba teacher ‘hooker’ in scandal that has rocked quiet...
Black History Month At The Law Society, Featuring Convicted Expenses Cheat Baron Taylor of Warwick
As the Law Society’s Black History Month celebrations got underway on Monday, it was a...
Why Did The Criminal Bar Association Choose Judge John Deed To Deliver Its Annual Lecture?
Surreal scenes yesterday evening at the Criminal Bar Association’s (CBA) annual ‘Kalisher lecture’, which was...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 17 October
From torts to tarts: Legal eagle John Whaite (who did a vac scheme with Eversheds)...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Hull judge warns of drunken Eastern European sea captains [The Telegraph] ‘He literally couldn’t speak’:...
Is It OK For a Law Firm To Publicly Describe One Of Its Secretaries As ‘The Office Cougar’?
The employee bios listed on the website of Liverpool law firm McKays are, like, totally...
EVENT: Legal Cheek At The Google Campus
On the evening of Wednesday 5 December Legal Cheek is hosting a star-studded panel debate...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 16 October
Jan Moir: Manchester Uni law graduate John Whaite is “unpredictable but with flashes of baking...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Only 20% of the general public associate lawyers with the phrase “act ethically”[Lawyer Watch] Lawyer...
Knowing Me Alan Partridge, Knowing You Norfolk Poly: Why Cheesy £350 UCAS Statements Will Only Take You So Far
Yesterday The Observer announced it had “discovered” that sixth-formers are paying up to £350 for...
Day Of Reckoning Arrives For Court Interpreting Company Which Offered Jobs To Animals
Applied Language Solutions (ALS), the gaffe-prone interpreting service awarded the exclusive right to supply interpreters...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 15 October
How my father, George Carman QC, may have helped Jimmy Savile escape justice [The Observer]...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Constance Briscoe Is Arrested 2. ‘They Were Lovely!’ Bar Students Suck Up To Wills...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Wearing Ugg boots while driving can cause accidents, judge warns [The Telegraph] Future of law:...