Tag: Barristers
Wannabe barrister sparks newspaper letter row over Justice Secretary’s record
City University law student and local council candidate triggers defence of Chris Grayling in MP’s constituency newspaper
The Judge rules: Legal profession awards — don’t they make you sick?!!!
They are professionally meaningless, expensive and at times messy -- but should the awards ceremonies be pensioned off?
Lord Harley of Counsel Vs Welsh Crown Court judge — full transcript emerges
Court report reveals that both sides were a bit shakey on their facts
Under siege bar students build fort out of Archbolds
A pile of 2013 Archbolds finally comes in handy as two wannabe barristers make sensible use of their time in run-up to a key qualification staging post
Law student brings disruption to Crufts — but at what cost?
Wannabe lawyer's antics could be a turn-off for law firms and chambers
9 Gough Square barristers recall the increasingly unlikely-sized fish that got away
Rod-related recollections
Amal Clooney joins Columbia University as visiting lecturer
Doughty Street human rights barrister bags prestigious New York gig
Magna Carta: the rap battle
BBC children’s telly sketch team pump up the volume over ancient rights
The Judge Rules: Training contracts and pupillages should be scrapped
If yet another review of legal education must be launched -- let’s hope regulators have the guts to propose something radical and meaningful
Maxine Peake to play Martha Costello QC-style role in new animated short film
Star of legal drama Silk is back as you've never seen her before
Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer
Fraud squad swooped on Chambers Solicitors in July and arrested two; meanwhile, New York-based former Tory MP reveals she’s had a Gorgeous George letter
Bundle rage: Lawyer hits back after top judge labels page limit rule-breakers as ‘delinquents’
To roars of support on Twitter, St John's Chambers barrister Lucy Reed slams family division chief's court document rant
There was a poetry slam between two barristers on Twitter yesterday
11KBW's Sean Jones QC and direct access barrister Alistair Mitchell in #lawyerlovepoetry head-to-head
Tory MP snubs QC darling of civil liberties bar in BBC documentary
Conservative awkward squad member Peter Bone quickly rejects invitation to Dinah Rose’s human rights event
Lord Justice Leveson to brush up on Scots law as he heads north with Judge Rinder
The nation's favourite TV judges together at last
Amal Clooney said to be ‘dodging’ Kim Kardashian’s Doughty Street mini-pupillage plea
Leading reality telly babe desperate for legal work experience, suggest internet gossipmongers, while also claiming there's trouble in Amal-George paradise
Four money-bags barristers in crosshairs if Miliband’s MP earnings cap wins day
Tory Geoffrey Cox QC heads the list with his reported annual haul of more than £800k from the bar, but former Solicitor General would also be in trouble
Comedians stand up for legal aid at Not The Global Law Summit
Stars including Stewart Lee, Stephen K Amos and Sara Pascoe put on gig in protest against the cuts
11 law-related Instagram accounts that are worth a follow
As lawyers wake up to the mobile photo-sharing network, we bring you the best legally-themed accounts
The bar ‘will die out’ and solicitors be replaced by paralegals, predicts top criminal barrister at Global Law Summit
As protests rage in Westminster, Tony Cross QC forecasts the end of the legal profession as we know it
The BPTC could be chopped up into lots of little courses
Bar regulator pledges to "build flexibility" into Bar Professional Training Course in bid to reduce cost