Tag: Barristers

Speaking exclusively to Legal Cheek, Alan Blacker — who also goes by the title Lord Harley — hits back at Crown Court judge who questioned his appearance, title and qualifications

Headline figures slam judiciary for being public school-educated toffs, but provides little insight demographics of wider sectors

Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan nominates the bête noir of much of the legal profession to take a drenching -- while other luminaries are also in the spotlight

What a bank holiday means to pupil barristers

Legal commentator doyen Joshua Rozenberg leads the charge against a high street practice that appears to have a penchant for lifting other writers’ words

Festival punters can’t move without tripping over a barrister -- or someone playing at being a barrister -- about to jump on stage

Latest figures show tumbling pass rates on vocational course exam -- with bar regulators scratching their heads over the cause

Edinburgh Festival show in which comedians go head-to-head in boozy moots has run extended amid stars’ desperation to have a go

2 Hare Court barrister Rob Rinder talks to Legal Cheek about being the UK’s answer to Judge Judy

King’s College London student Jessy Howard reports from the mini-pupillage and law firm work placement front line via Legal Cheek‘s new ‘Lawyer Looks’ Pinterest board

Legal Cheek broke the original story of Bar Council investigation flaws that led to arrest as Monika Juneja now faces seven counts

Court canteens — menus range from the ridiculous to the dangerous

2 Hare Court barrister -- who hopes to be the UK's answer to Judge Judy -- has star quality

Law student's social media footprint used by popular right-wing blog to make 'champagne socialism' accusations that don't quite hit the mark

On today's centenary of the start of the first world war, this photo shows members of the Inns of Court Regiment being drilled in Hertfordshire during the conflict

Bag a pupillage and you’ve made it into the secret garden of the bar; fail and you’re just another BPTC grad sucker — no wonder wannabe barristers are nervous today

Glitch in outsourcing services blamed for lack of Mandarin speaker in trial at Cardiff Crown Court

Two-and-a-half years on from the Occupy movement's foray into the provision of justice, the 1% get their revenge as spate of court sell-offs continues

Life as a solicitor or barrister isn't always what it seems

New figures give weight to the suspicion that the senior bar is full of not-so-bright slackers from privileged backgrounds

West Midlands cinema at heart of Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp goes on the market