Review Archives - Legal Cheek

Film review: The Children Act

‘I loved the quiet and careful cameos by those unseen people who make our legal system work’, says barrister and writer Sarah Langford

Aug 28 2018 10:49am
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Review: Classic courtroom drama played out on stage – it will make you want to become a criminal lawyer

But Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution grandeur is a world away from the realities of the criminal justice system

May 3 2018 9:15am
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‘Skinny ties are for Hoxton bars’: We review the former BLP trainee’s fashion advice so controversial the firm banned it

Katherine Cousins, now an associate, turned her tips into a book

Apr 6 2018 9:17am
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The Secret Barrister’s debut book is the perfect deterrent for any aspiring criminal lawyer

An ‘irresistibly special’ career but one littered with heartache; Legal Cheek reviews Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken

Mar 20 2018 9:06am
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Oxford academic who lost her 18-year-old son while he was under NHS care shares tragic fight for justice

She was represented at son’s inquest by legal dream team she met on Twitter

Feb 27 2018 9:17am
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Two elderly men by a roaring fire: Top crime QC describes her Oxbridge interview in new play

Review of The Robing Room, a monologue performed by and about Felicity Gerry QC

Nov 17 2017 12:39pm
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I watched ‘Brexit — The Musical’ at BLP’s office and it was actually really great

Who’d have thought Andrea Leadsom could be so funny?

Sep 7 2017 9:31am
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The sobering reality of being charged with a crime

Legal Cheek’s Katie King reviews new hard-hitting documentary The Accused: An Inside Job?

Jul 26 2017 9:08am
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Emotions run high in Middle Temple Hall as barristers star alongside actors in touching play about life on death row

Two of the cast members had been sentenced to death themselves

May 18 2017 9:51am
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Review: Lady Hale and Sir Brian Leveson perform alongside TV and film stars in tragic play about women’s fight for equality within the legal profession

It was rough around the edges, but the message was there

Apr 4 2017 9:03am
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I went to the one-man theatre show about the UK’s first black judge and this is what I thought of it

Less singing, more law please

Jan 27 2017 9:02am
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There’s a new art exhibition at the Supreme Court and all the pieces are made by prisoners

Legal Cheek’s Katie King reviews the PAPERWORK exhibition

Sep 9 2016 9:19am
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The dark side of media law

Legal Cheek reviews the must-read legal novel of the summer

Jul 18 2016 9:51am
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Review: My experience being a jury member at a comedy criminal trial

Katie King reviews ‘This Is Your Trial’, the acclaimed improv show

Jun 7 2016 9:02am
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Students shine at Supreme Court social mobility event — despite taking harsh criticism from Court of Appeal judge

Judges prove just how out of touch they are, again

Feb 15 2016 2:11pm
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I went to eat dinner at the Magistrates’ Court where John Lennon was tried

Legal Cheek‘s Katie King reviews Silk

Nov 19 2015 12:46pm
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The Judge Reviews: Magna Carta mock trial was ‘Love Actually’ for lawyers

A high-powered bench acquitted a group of tax-dodging barons of treason, as the tills went into overdrive in the Palace of Westminster gift shop

Aug 3 2015 2:26pm
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The Judge Reviews: legal aid propaganda play is worthy but dull

“The Invisible” won’t sway Michael Gove, but it will bore audiences

Jul 24 2015 10:49am
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