Tag: Barristers

Barristers bombard Guardian journo with spoof otter-watching texts after overhearing her mobile number outside court

Tedium of waiting for jurors to come to a verdict was relieved by a practical joke on a hack

Jan 23 2015 11:47am

Bar Standards Board makes grovelling apology after being savaged by top judge

Professional body found to have withheld key evidence by Court of Appeal

Jan 21 2015 12:07pm

Inner Temple claims to have the best male talent

Debating society has rehashed Beach Boys track ‘California Girls’ to promote male hotties at the Inn

Jan 20 2015 9:24am

Heartthrob Cumberbatch in shock revelation: he wanted to be a barrister

Actor parents of Sherlock star encouraged him to go into law, but the closest he came was to preside over Judge Rinder's wedding

Jan 16 2015 12:03pm

Research: 77% of rookie tenants at top 30 chambers went to Oxbridge

Top end of the junior bar is dominated by Oxford and Cambridge -- to a far greater extent than leading law firms

Jan 16 2015 9:27am

BPTC application deadline extended as website goes down on deadline day

The deadline is now noon on Wednesday

Jan 12 2015 10:32am

11 reasons to think twice about doing the BPTC

Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today's deadline? Read this first

Jan 12 2015 9:37am

Why the cab rank rule is history

There’s never a taxi when you want one -- the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date

Jan 9 2015 10:33am

2 Temple Gardens muscles to top of pupillage pay table

As 2TG award hits £67,5000, Hardwicke and 11 Stone Buildings also boost pupil money triggering a potential cash arms race for top talent

Jan 9 2015 9:45am

Legal profession first — 2 Hare Court barrister reads telly weather

Criminal law specialist promotes second series of Judge Rinder by telling the nation that short-term forecast is going to be "terribly cold, terribly wet and thoroughly miserable”

Jan 7 2015 12:10pm

Got a deep macho voice? Best not to become a court advocate, say researchers

Study shows that confidence is far more important than sounding testosterone-fuelled when wooing judges and juries

Jan 7 2015 9:13am

5 predictions for the legal profession in 2015

A splintering graduate recruitment model will create opportunities for savvy wannabe lawyers, forecasts Legal Cheek managing editor Alex Aldridge

Jan 5 2015 10:28am

The 10 most-read stories of 2014

Your favourite Legal Cheek posts of the year

Dec 29 2014 10:59am

The Legal Cheek 2014 end of year quiz

It has been a vintage year for legal news and gossip -- but how much of it do you remember?

Dec 24 2014 8:58am

Christmas sing-a-long: ‘Working in a Mitchell Wonderland’

Now for a Jackson reforms-themed Christmas sing-a-long

Dec 22 2014 9:31am

Former bar student blasts law schools for ‘profiteering’ from academically weak applicants

Providers are coining it from foreigners with woeful English language skills, while regulators stand by, argues star student

Dec 18 2014 4:34pm

There is an English court where gavels are actually used

Small wooden hammer is not restricted to the US, it emerges

Dec 16 2014 11:16am

A solution to the Band Aid lyrics controversy: apply them to lawyers

As the 'Do they know it's Christmas' single is criticised for its "cultural ignorance", WaitroseLaw wonders if its message would be better-suited to stressed-out lawyers

Dec 16 2014 9:03am