Tag: Barristers
Bar student multiple choice fears prove unfounded
A slight dip on last year, but disaster exam produces far-from-disaster results
Number of BPTC students soars unexpectedly
Up by 14% after years of decline
Lawyers spend nearly £30k on work clothes and three months planning what to wear
More stress codes than dress codes
Sex in the Supreme Court: Two Irish barristers caught having ‘steamy romp’
'Oral submissions' after boozy Christmas bash
Legal Cheek’s alternative predictions for 2018
2017 was quite a ride -- this year could be even more of a rollercoaster
QC appointments among ethnic minority lawyers hit record high
Over half of BME applicants successful this year
Gain points for hitting judges with snowballs in new barrister-developed game
‘Baroness Hale’ is currently in top ten on leaderboard
Criminal barrister suspended for giving client £2,300 for ‘food and clothes’
Furnival Chambers' Roy Headlam also fined £1,250
Battle of the baubles: The official Legal Cheek law Xmas tree round-up ?
Everything from a grand grotto scene to an upcycled milk carton tree
Top criminal silk makes grime video debut after helping YouTube rapper clear his name
All in day's work for Garden Court's James Scobie QC
‘Unfailingly courteous’: Top lawyers highlight human decency on the bench
Barristers take to Twitter to swap stories of their judicial faves
‘Do they understand us?’ Grenfell victims’ lawyers attack inquiry for lack of diversity
Black QC’s warning of 'injustice' goes viral
BME students far less likely to secure pupillage than white students, even if they have the same grades
A level playing field? Not so, BSB report suggests
Decoding the language of barristers’ conferences
The venerable Wigapedia returns to Legal Cheek to translate counsel-speak
From Holiday Banta to Debra Smilley-Weiner: The lawyers with the funniest names
Weird and wonderful
Lawyers poke fun at Judge Rinder’s new show over dresscode faux pas
Crown Court returns after 30-year hiatus
Judgment reserved: Ex-Clifford Chance trainee suing Oxford Uni faces wait over £1 million ‘inadequate’ teaching claim
High Court success could pave the way for further claims
Incoming bar chief expresses concern over lack of young barristers as Pupillage Gateway reopens
'We will not have a sustainable, separate profession' Andrew Walker QC warns
Government will ‘no doubt’ waive immigration rules so Meghan Markle can come to UK to marry Prince Harry, says leading immigration lawyer
‘The couple with two British children I am representing at court tomorrow are not so fortunate’
Ex-Clifford Chance trainee suing Oxford Uni for £1 million claims ‘inadequate’ teaching stopped him becoming top tax barrister
Low 2:1 was ‘huge disappointment’, High Court hears