Tag: Barristers
Black History Month At The Law Society, Featuring Convicted Expenses Cheat Baron Taylor of Warwick
As the Law Society’s Black History Month celebrations got underway on Monday, it was a...
Why Did The Criminal Bar Association Choose Judge John Deed To Deliver Its Annual Lecture?
Surreal scenes yesterday evening at the Criminal Bar Association’s (CBA) annual ‘Kalisher lecture’, which was...
Knowing Me Alan Partridge, Knowing You Norfolk Poly: Why Cheesy £350 UCAS Statements Will Only Take You So Far
Yesterday The Observer announced it had “discovered” that sixth-formers are paying up to £350 for...
Day Of Reckoning Arrives For Court Interpreting Company Which Offered Jobs To Animals
Applied Language Solutions (ALS), the gaffe-prone interpreting service awarded the exclusive right to supply interpreters...
Barrister Who Was Rebuked For Impersonating Top QC Points Finger At BSB After He’s Fined For Working Illegally
Cardiff-based barrister David Leathley, who spent almost £50,000 unsuccessfully fighting claims he posed as Joel...
Through The Keyhole Of Matrix Barrister Thomas Kibling’s Spectacular East London Home
Matrix employment law barrister Thomas Kibling has a very cool pad…
Entry To The Bar: ‘Let The Cream Rise To The Top’
OccupyTheInns disagrees with the call made by Mr Justice Burton at Saturday’s Young Bar Conference...
Constance Briscoe Is Arrested
Judge and author Constance Briscoe, who is a prosecution witness in the Huhne trial, has...
‘They Were Lovely!’ Bar Students Suck Up To Wills And Kate
Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Middle Temple, their first public outing since...
Young Bar Chief’s ‘Be The Best’ Cry Has a Hollow Ring To It
David Nicholls, the chairman of the Young Barristers’ Committee (YBC), has issued a call for...
Legal Cheek’s Poetry Corner
To mark National Poetry Day, we put out a call on Twitter for law-related verse....
What’s Going On At 36 Bedford Row?
News has reached us that several senior members of 36 Bedford Row’s clerking team are...
Five YouTube Clips Every Wannabe Barrister Should Watch
Pupil barrister-to-be OccupyTheInns reveals some unlikely heroes as he advises Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)...
Michael Mansfield: Women ‘Seriously Underrepresented’ In Parliament (No. Of Female QCs In Mansfield’s Chambers: 0)
“The House of Commons is not representative of the electorate,” began a high-minded letter in...
Lawyers Are Among The Most Dangerous Drivers In Britain (Or Are They Just Better At Filling-Out Insurance Forms?)
Barristers and solicitors have a higher probability of being involved in an accident behind the...
How To Survive The Bar Professional Training Course
After finally securing a pupillage over the summer, OccupyTheInns returns to offer his words of...
In Which Country Do Lawyers Earn The Most? (Clue: It Isn’t Britain)
First, the good news: British lawyers pull in more cash than their counterparts in economic...
10 Legal Twitter Names That Are Tragically Going To Waste – And 5 Gems Still Up For Grabs
@BrianLeveson @GraysInn @Judge
Survival Tips For Baby Barristers At The Publicly Funded Bar
Last week, David Cameron’s former chief-of-staff, Alex Deane, explained to Legal Cheek why he tired...
Fifty Shades Of Gray’s Inn: Mini-Pupillage…On a Sunday
At first, GDL student Anastasia Steal doubts the wisdom of Christopher Grey QC’s insistence that...
Blogger: ‘At #WSSocialMedia & Law Event. Panel Includes Lawyer Who Threatened To Jail Me For Reporting The Truth’
Legal Cheek roving reporter Cat Pond reviews yesterday’s Weber Shandwick ‘Social Media & the Law’...