Tag: Bar Standards Board
Legal Blogging’s Princess Diana Moment
The Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) striking off of legal blogging pioneer David Harris last week...
BSB Finally Suspends £81K Theft Barrister – Before He Appears For Client In Front Of Judge Due To Sentence Him
In the last few hours the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has belatedly suspended David Friesner,...
MP Demands Action After Legal Cheek Reveals £81K Theft Barrister is Still Practising
Today in the House of Commons, Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland will call for...
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...
Barrister’s Error Sees Torturers Escape Jail
As the case of fake kidnap solicitor Francis Bridgeman (pictured) illustrates, lawyers sometimes make big,...
Sloppy Reporting Obscures Bar’s True Pupillage Problems
A contributing factor towards lack of diversity at the Bar, and the oversupply of wannabe...
‘If You Want to Be an Actor and Earn Some Money, Become a Barrister’
Recently the actor Philip Glenister (pictured below), of Life on Mars and Mad Dogs fame,...
Errors, Unhappy Staff & Mediocre Students: BPTC Monitoring Results
Legal Cheek brings you the parts of the Bar Standards Board report the providers won’t...
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK As the Christmas party season gets underway, Alex Aldridge is expecting great things...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: LAWYERS AND PR
Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge, whose flat’s central heating is broken, turns on his oven...
£65K FOR A PUPILLAGE?!
Follow @FellowsAdam Adam Fellows considers the discrepancies between pupil earnings, and asks whether the Bar...