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‘Cruella de Vil QC’ hits back at Boris Johnson after PM takes pop in conference speech

Prime Minister’s ‘frivolous speech’ ignored ‘serious issues’ in justice system, says blogging barrister Matthew Scott

Oct 6 2021 6:19pm
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Now live: The 2022 Chambers Most List

New edition features over 50 sets — each with a Legal Cheek View and Scorecard

Oct 5 2021 10:45am
‘The pressure to be mentally strong can be dangerous’

BTC student Natasha Kirkpatrick reflects on her own personal challenges ahead of the launch of bar mental health support network BLEMI

Oct 4 2021 10:49am
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Competition for pupillage fiercer than ever, Bar Council report finds

Number of applicants chasing each pupillage spot ‘steadily increasing’ every year

Sep 29 2021 9:23am
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New name, new home: one leading London chambers on its major shake-up

Joint heads of Gatehouse Chambers, Brie Stevens-Hoare QC and PJ Kirby QC, invited Legal Cheek’s Phoebe Mather for an exclusive tour of the set’s new home and to discuss its recent rebranding

Sep 24 2021 12:38pm
£6 million up for grabs as Inns open bar scholarship applications

You’ve got to be in it to win it 🤑

Sep 22 2021 12:54pm
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Magistrate rebuked for calling junior barrister ‘huffy’ after she was mistaken for defendant three times in one day

Jacqueline Mitchell handed formal warning for ‘ill judged’ tweet

Sep 20 2021 11:28am
Should future lawyers avoid wearing brown shoes?

Unwritten rule touches a nerve

Sep 20 2021 9:37am
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Top chambers join forces to launch new diversity mentoring scheme

Targets bar hopefuls seeking to specialise in planning, property and public law

Sep 16 2021 9:02am
Cyber-hacked barristers win High Court judgment against ‘persons unknown’

Judge orders mystery criminals to hand over any info they may have obtained

Sep 15 2021 11:52am
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Suspension for barrister who groped female chambers clerk and trainee solicitor during night out

Gets 12 months

Sep 13 2021 11:44am
Barrister apprenticeships? Quite possibly says pupillage expert

There are barriers to overcome, but these are not ‘insurmountable’

Sep 10 2021 11:09am
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‘Significant funds’ drained from bar charity’s bank account without permission

Exclusive: Bridging the Bar says cash has since been returned

Sep 9 2021 9:25am
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Bar aptitude test ‘not effective filter’ of weak wannabe barristers

Fail rate of under 1%, report finds

Sep 3 2021 10:53am
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‘Cancelled’ barrister cleared of misconduct over tweet that got him kicked out of chambers

But fined £500 over separate tweet about Muslims

Aug 27 2021 2:45pm
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‘Our goodwill has run dry’: Criminal lawyers sign open letter rejecting government plans to open courts on evenings and weekends

Over 500 signatories

Aug 6 2021 11:03am
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Pupil barrister pay hits £75,000 as top London sets boost awards

Rises at One Essex Court, Monckton, Matrix, 7KBW, 39 Essex and Outer Temple

Aug 4 2021 10:47am
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What we learnt during The Legal Cheek-ULaw Summer 2021 Virtual Vacation Scheme

Southampton University student Juliet Griffiths gets insights into commercial law

Jul 28 2021 4:26pm

Pupil barrister numbers down nearly a third in 30 years

757 in 1991 ⤵️ 542 in 2020

Jul 28 2021 11:33am
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Dominic Cummings brands legal Twitter royalty as ‘charlatans’

Former Downing Street adviser lashes leading lawyers over Brexit views

Jul 26 2021 1:05pm
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Top judge slams BSB over ‘injustice’ to student wrongly kicked off bar training course

Ryan Eve vindicated in High Court after regulator’s blunders

Jul 23 2021 11:30am
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