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Bizarre courtroom transcript turned into cartoon
Animators breathe new life into viral judge vs defendant exchange
Judge who drank alcohol ‘on court premises’ booted off the bench
Investigation revealed Recorder Francis Evans QC also repeatedly failed to make child maintenance payments
Regulator: Bogus law firm problem ‘not going away’ as report says they exceed 700 a year
And almost half involve criminals cloning the identity of an existing law firm
Morning round-up: Tuesday 26 July
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lawyers urge new PM and Justice Secretary to review legal aid ‘at the earliest opportunity’
Sincere plea from some of the country’s leading legal aid lawyers
Judge Rinder lifts lid on judicial life in new radio show
Despite not actually being a real judge
Supreme Court churns out SIX judgments this week in prep for summer holidays
Legal affairs junkies -- get your fix before August dry spell
Morning round-up: Monday 25 July
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
‘loon-andrew-rants’: Legal magazine in Dentons senior partner URL gaffe
Someone's getting fired
Britain’s most influential law student and University Challenge winner Ted Loveday suffers quiz show defeat
He just couldn't match the brainpower of the eggheads
18-month suspended sentence for ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ barrister who made vulnerable woman call him ‘master’
Family law specialist pleaded guilty to putting a person in fear of violence by harassment
We spoke to the ‘sour grapes’ lawyers challenging the referendum result
The anti-lawyer backlash is growing, so why does the profession keep prodding?
London law firm partner with 2:1 degree ‘immediately discards’ applicants with a first because she thinks they’re arrogant
Tell that to your parents when they nag you to do more revision
St Philips and Stone Chambers merge to create barrister megaset
New combined outfit will have nearly 200 barristers
Morning round-up: Friday 22 July
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
In Liz we Truss? New Justice Secretary sworn in at Royal Courts of Justice
But top QC claims she is NOT the first woman to hold the prestigious title
A trainee’s revenge: Ex-private client solicitor slams the ‘Harrods wife’
But the ‘Tesco wife’ doesn’t come out much better
Boom time expected for lawyers as Pokémon Go sweeps nation, with legal actions multiplying in its wake
Will the 'augmented reality' game be the new Article 50?
Former UKIP member who made 872 unsuccessful job applications becomes CILEx president
EXCLUSIVE: From rags to legal profession riches
Morning round-up: Thursday 21 July
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Longer law student reading lists await as Supreme Court bigs up status of Privy Council judgments
Groundbreaking case extends the law of tort, too