Tag: Barristers

City lawyer at centre of Legal Cheek investigation quits profession over CV fabrications

Ex-McCarthy Tétrault "consultant" claimed, among other things, to have obtained an LLM from King’s College and a PHD from the University of Zurich

Jul 5 2016 4:43pm

Why I turned down a hot summer in Ibiza to work at a legal support charity

I had the chance to go away for the summer -- here are five reasons why I’m glad I didn’t

Jul 5 2016 10:13am

Meet the junior barrister dating underwear hunk David Gandy

Family law specialist Stephanie Mendoros does an Amal

Jul 5 2016 9:03am

Wannabe barrister creates ‘Brexiles’ website to help young people flee Britain

Oxford grad creates online resource tool in wake of historic referendum vote

Jul 4 2016 12:49pm

Legal dream team fights to make Brexit conditional on parliamentary backing

Big guns from Mishcon de Reya, Blackstone, Matrix and Monckton take aim at referendum decision

Jul 4 2016 7:49am

Crowd justice to the rescue

Top QC calls on the crowd in their wisdom to clear up constitutional chaos

Jun 29 2016 3:29pm

Lord Neuberger’s top tips on how to be rude to judges, and get away with it

Lessons in subtle rudeness from the Supreme Court bigshot

Jun 28 2016 1:15pm

Bar Council insists London will remain a global litigation centre as City law firms go into overdrive advising shaken clients

UK legal sector displays a stiff upper lip in wake of historic EU referendum result

Jun 24 2016 1:04pm

Lawyers assure upset Bremainers that Vote Leave victory is NOT legally binding

That doesn’t mean they’re happy about the result

Jun 24 2016 9:46am

10 lawyers with weird and wonderful hobbies

What on earth is mycology?

Jun 22 2016 9:10am

BSB mulls new ‘super bar exam’ that could allow non-graduates to become barristers

Bar regulator to host debate next month discussing three new proposed routes to qualification

Jun 21 2016 2:15pm

Would Brexit even be legal?

Top lawyers round on Gove and co’s “illegal” vote leave strategy

Jun 20 2016 10:22am

Aspiring barristers anger as Pupillage Gateway glitch means applications are missing GDL and BPTC grades

Exclusive: Gateway's copy-and-paste feature reproduces everything BUT vital grades on pupillage applications

Jun 17 2016 9:01am

The Met rejects calls to investigate ‘Waterloo sex QC’ — for now

As Graeme Stening accepts a caution for outraging public decency, talk turns to his anonymous female companion and whether she should be investigated for perverting the course of justice

Jun 16 2016 12:55pm

5 Essex Court invites wannabe barristers to pupillage interview by ‘mistake’

Exclusive: Technical glitch leaves bar hopefuls "gutted"

Jun 16 2016 9:03am

Thief found guilty of stealing his OWN defence barrister’s phone

Do not bite the hand that... is trying to keep you out of prison

Jun 14 2016 1:29pm

Gloucestershire law student sentenced to five and a half years in prison for Easter Sunday Megabus stabbing

Judge told Mulazim Khan he’d ruined his hopes of becoming a barrister

Jun 13 2016 2:06pm

Most followed barrister on Instagram awarded an MBE

Yet another accolade for Doughty Street Chambers’ finest

Jun 13 2016 10:42am