Category: News

If You Can’t Bag a Pupillage in England Can You Do it Abroad?

Unable to secure a pupillage in London, Shafik Cassim has had more luck in Mauritius This...

Jan 30 2012 11:53am

The Generous Lawyer

Monday morning lawyer joke, courtesy of Cheech One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his...

Jan 30 2012 10:32am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 30 January

Retired lawyer faces jail for ‘harassing’ Kate and Gerry McCann – The Telgraph Growing number...

Jan 30 2012 8:56am

EXCLUSIVE: £81K Theft Barrister is STILL PRACTISING While On Bail Awaiting Sentencing

A barrister awaiting sentencing after admitting stealing £81,500 from his former chambers represented a client...

Jan 27 2012 12:55pm

Tweeting Barrister Struck-Off by BSB

Along with Mike Semple Piggot (@CharonQC), intellectual property barrister David Harris (@Geeklawyer) is one of...

Jan 27 2012 10:07am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 27 January

Barrister (pictured) signs curry deal with Jamie Oliver’s agent – Wirral Globe Leveson suggests Facebook...

Jan 27 2012 8:45am

Contempt of Court : Another One Heads to Jail

A man who shouted obscenities at a judge and punched a bench has become the...

Jan 26 2012 2:49pm

Son of ‘End of Lawyers’ Author Susskind is…a Law Student

Like the popular astrologist Shelley von Strunckel, legal futurologist Richard Susskind OBE makes his living...

Jan 26 2012 11:42am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 26 January

Uninsured law student fled after knocking down pedestrian – The Bolton News Solicitors quit jobs...

Jan 26 2012 8:45am

What Are Law Recruitment Fairs For?

The trauma of the City law milkround drove law graduate Jade Ferguson to explore other...

Jan 25 2012 5:00pm

Barrister Rebuked for Impersonating Top QC

Yesterday the High Court dismissed barrister David Leathley’s appeal against the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB)...

Jan 25 2012 11:22am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 25 January

Senior judge publicly reprimanded over driving ban – The Guardian Lawyer faces losing $10.3m lottery...

Jan 25 2012 10:38am

Cycling QC Avenges Road Rage Torment

If there’s a moral to be taken from the legal news over the last couple...

Jan 24 2012 3:08pm

LSE Students in Freedom of Expression Battle as They Refuse to Remove Jesus and Mohammed Cartoons

The London School of Economics (LSE) Student Union Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society (LSESU ASH)...

Jan 24 2012 12:59pm

Escape Routes From The Law: Doing a Hollywood

For the legions of training contract hunters out there, being a lawyer is a dream....

Jan 24 2012 11:00am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 24 January

Europe’s top judge: Cameron is wrong about human rights – The Independent Lawyer thought to...

Jan 24 2012 8:48am

Barrister’s Error Sees Torturers Escape Jail

As the case of fake kidnap solicitor Francis Bridgeman (pictured) illustrates, lawyers sometimes make big,...

Jan 23 2012 5:07pm

Frances Gibb Tweets; David Allen Green Brands Trainee Lawyer a ‘Twat’

A year ago, when The Times’ legal editor Frances Gibb joined Twitter, uploaded a profile...

Jan 23 2012 12:10pm

Alternative Careers: Working for a Legal Charity

LawWorks’ Alasdair Stewart on why there’s more to life than training contracts When I started...

Jan 23 2012 9:50am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 23 January

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp in dock over tax evasion – The Telegraph Quartet of top...

Jan 23 2012 8:52am

Occupy London Mock Trial Pics – by Noah Arjomand

*Update Saturday 21 January: Occupy has cancelled the mock trial of RBS scheduled for today*...

Jan 20 2012 3:06pm