Category: News
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 28 August
Lawyers are told: Take a bus to court as Government moves to slash £350m from...
No Wonder People Think Barristers Are Raking It In…
Spotted on a robing room noticeboard…
Morning Round-Up: Friday 24 August
Co-op, like Man Utd, gets an early wake-up call – Law Society Gazette Betrayal of...
How To Face Down Dirty Tactics During a Vac Scheme
Over the weekend, ‘The Budding Lawyer’ wrote of the dirty tactics he had fallen victim...
Law Graduate Sought For Barristers Chambers Job That Is ‘Not a Step Into Legal Work’
Amid falling training contract and pupillage numbers, these are bleak times for law graduates. Still,...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 23 August
Law firm agrees sponsorship deal with Leeds United – SimpsonMillar.co.uk George Galloway ‘would have made...
Welcome To The ‘Envy Economy’ Of City Law Firms
I spend my days in the office listening to management speak. When I’m not going...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 22 August
Wikileaks slams David Allen Green – Twitter Pupillage: a right or a privilege? – Legal...
Leap To The Other Side: Camden New Journal Music Editor On How She’s Juggling Journalism And Law
For the past two years I have been leading a double life – part music...
Is It OK For Solicitors To Ask Their Secretaries To Cancel The Milk For Them?
Hearing trainee solicitors talk about “their secretary” always makes me cringe. Invariably it’s done in...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 21 August
Trainee’s disappointment after Magic Circle firm promised BIG LOLLY! – Voice of Reason The strong...
Notice To Youthful Male Barristers On Trains: Give Baroness Deech Your Seat
Offering your seat to somebody else on the train is, from my experience, as likely...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 20 August
Rupert Penry-Jones bares all in ‘The Last Weekend’ swimming scene – Metro Ben Emmerson QC:...
An Apology
Legal Cheek would like to apologise unreservedly to Natasha Powell, whose photograph we incorrectly used...
Tweeting Like It’s 1984: Why Police’s Bright Idea To Ban Anonymous Bloggers Could Herald Orwellian Dystopia
Imagine a world where everything you say and write is stored indefinitely and attributable to...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 17 August
Apple lawyer faces ‘smoking crack’ jibe by patent judge – BBC Lawyer ordered to pay...
How To Land a PAID Paralegal Position And Qualify As a Solicitor Without Drowning In Debt
Paralegal Tony, a part-time LPC student and paralegal at a City law firm, says that...
Clarke Willmott Lawyers Accused Of ‘Shocking’ Omissions As Firm Pays Out £500K In Pro Neg Settlement
When paralysed motorcyclist Kenny Jordan took his case to Clarke Willmott, he would have expected...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 16 August
Christians who refused to let gay couple share a bedroom in their guesthouse to take...
The Best Law School-Themed Animated Gifs
#WhatShouldWeCallMe is a brilliant Tumblr blog run by two anonymous law students. Most of the...