Tag: Barristers
The London Legal World Is a Small One (Just Ask I’m a Celebrity’s Nads And Hugo)
Watching I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here the other night, I was unexpectedly...
Seven Celebs Sired By a Solicitor (Or Other Type Of Lawyer)
To celebrate the visit to London last week of Kim Kardashian – the daughter of...
Barrister Who Named Lord McAlpine On His Blog Removes Post And Braces Himself For Possible Legal Action
One of the bloggers who named Lord McAlpine in the wake of Newsnight’s report wrongly...
The Bar Conference In Tweets: Most Retweeted, Most Eye-Catching, Most Amusing
Amid the mutual back-slapping at Saturday’s 27th annual Bar conference, there was gossip, intrigue and...
Privileged Colleagues Who Don’t Need To Self-Publicise ‘Will Always Resent You For It’
Ed note: This is the third in a series of posts where leading members of...
Junior Barrister Follows In Obama’s Footsteps By Becoming Top Ranked Post In Reddit’s ‘IAmA’ Section – But Who Is He?
Yesterday, an anonymous junior barrister (whose ID card is pictured below) found himself the talk...
Interview: How To Become a Legal Commentator
Last Thursday, for the first time in ages, I bought a copy of The Times....
Bar Course Aptitude Test Delayed Yet Again
Legal Futures, 25 July 2012, on the introduction of the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT):...
Ex-Simmons Solicitor Who Blew £1m In Divorce Battle Against Fellow City Lawyer Pitches For Family Law Reform Role
Between them, former Simmons & Simmons associate Anna Kavanagh and her ex-husband, Holman Fenwick Willan...
Battle Of The Top QCs: Kirsty Brimelow And John Cooper In Massive Twitter Bust-Up
It started with this proud tweet from John Cooper QC. Which was followed by this...
Why Unemployed Law Graduates Should Ignore The Trend To Go Out On The Street And Hustle For a Job
Earlier this week, a City lawyer told me that his firm had experienced a “surge”...
How Never Having Done a Pupillage Needn’t Stop You Appearing On The Telly As a ‘Barrister’
Over the weekend, David Neita, a self-styled ‘People’s Lawyer and People’s Poet’, was interviewed on BBC...
The Law Firms Which Owe £5K To a Barrister 4 YEARS After He Was Instructed By Them
Legal Cheek has obtained records that show the names of 15 law firms which have...
*Inns Of Court Scholarship Deadline Alert*
Wannabe barristers who forget to apply for a lucrative Inns of Court scholarship may find...
Stop Insulting Powerful People With Cruel ‘Twits’ Gibes, Urges Bar Standards Board Chief
Yesterday on her blog Bar Standards Board (BSB) chief Baroness Ruth Deech argued that there...
#RoundMyKitchenTable PODCAST: How The Disappearance Of Privacy Is Driving Lawyers Crazy
These days, lawyers seem to spend half their time trying to come up with new...
‘The Chances You Don’t Take Are The Ones You Regret’
Ed note: This is the first in a series of posts where leading members of...
Fake QC Who Offered Bogus Pupillages Was Campaign Manager Of PCC Candidate Mervyn Barrett, Claims Solicitor
This is one of those ‘Wow, just wow!’ stories. It has two strands, which come...
The ‘Hilarious’ Video Craze Sweeping Law
There’s currently a fad among lawyers to craft – and sometimes tragically star in –...
Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Protester Trenton Oldfield And His, Er, Oxford-Educated Lawyers…
While the decision to jail Trenton Oldfield has been greeted with shock – the New...
Claims Consultant’s ‘Independent’ Pressure Group Seems Rather Close To Russell Jones & Walker…
Bully-Banks, the anti-bank pressure group founded by claims consultant and former barrister Jeremy Roe, is...