Tag: Barristers
The 16 finest lawyer Movember tashes
Throughout the month we’ve been keeping track of the moustaches being grown by the nation’s...
Bedford Row silks in battle to be the UK’s top/best/leading barrister
How do you compete when your chambers colleague bills himself as the “UK’s Top Barrister”?...
Advice: ‘I’m struggling to survive in the arts and yearn to fight the good fight — should I try to become a barrister?’
The other day I received this email from an Oxford University law graduate…
Male barrister hotness by region: an infographic
YourBarristerBoyfriend’s list of the ’21 Hottest Regional Male Barristers’ — released this morning as a...
Nottingham barrister Matthew O’Grady triumphs in YourBarristerBoyfriend regional hottie list
Family law barrister Matthew O’Grady (pictured below) of Nottingham’s St Mary’s Chambers has scooped top...
How cycling made me a better lawyer
If he knew then what he knows now, ‘Cycling Silk’ Martin Porter QC would have...
BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal
Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...
BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal
Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...
Black belt barrister promotes mixed civil practice through martial arts home video
A barrister uses Tae Kwon Do to demonstrate her toughness
‘Nobody in their right mind would advise a son or daughter to become a criminal barrister,’ says top judge
A retiring High Court judge has spoken of his despair at the state of the...
May the day never come that a lawyer is forced to sing this G4S company rock song
Did you know that the global security company which lawyers fear could land a legal...
5 types of lawyer who are destroying the legal profession
WaitroseLaw identifies her least favourite legal personality types — and offers tips on how to...
Daily Mail readers’ hatred of criminal barristers — explored
A journey below the line of the recent Daily Mail article about a possible strike...
Note to Guardian sub-editors: wrong procedure rules
Without wishing to appear pedantic…
This virtual tour of the Inns of Court is pretty cool
To brighten up your Monday morning, why not fly like an eagle around the Inns...
‘I applied to every firm in my home town for a training contract and they all rejected me without interview’
Rejection has proved a source of motivation for BPP chief Carl Lygo on his journey...
Preliminary hearing takes place in a Magistrates Court car park with accused sitting in a taxi
On Tuesday, in what is believed to be a legal first, an entire Magistrates’ Court —...
Why money for pupil barristers is too tight not to mention
It is hard to support a young professional’s lifestyle on just £12,000-a-year, writes OccupyTheInns One...
Pupillage-less Bar grad can’t call himself a ‘barrister’ anymore after he endangered helicopter with laser pen
An “unregistered barrister” has been struck off for the somewhat unconventional professional faux pas of...
This is not just footage of Middle Temple. This is M&S footage of Middle Temple
Large chunks of the new Marks and Spencer’s Christmas ad, which debuted on TV last...