Tag: Barristers
Litigant-in-person files notice to ‘f*ck this court and everything it stands for’
This expletive-fuelled -- but strangely nearly cogent -- notice to a US federal court judge may be the rudest official legal document ever
9 hateful Daily Mail comments about lawyers prompted by the illegal cycling of Justine Thornton
Further proof that Mail readers really, really hate lawyers
Pupillage places slip below the 400 mark for the first time
Training contracts tumbled yesterday, now it’s the turn of wannabe barristers to face bad news …
Election latest: some voters aren’t that sold on lawyer candidates
One Tory newbie barrister in standing in Hampshire, and our old friend the former telly producer turned Justice Secretary come in for flack
Bring on the revolution, cries former Appeal Court judge, imploring lawyers to ignore establishment and go on strike
Timid approach from establishment representation bodies should be binned, advises Sir Anthony Hooper, in bid to put fire in belly of criminal law practitioners
Bogus ‘boutique barrister’ puts regulator in spotlight over non-practising status
Bar Standards Board defends its position as pupillage-less bar graduate is jailed for fraud after using "barrister" title
Former watchdog tells legal execs to battle traditional lawyers for top judicial posts
Controversial plea from the ex-chairwoman of Bar Standards Board is bound agitate current barrister and solicitor leaders
Top black lawyer charges columnist with racism over migrant ‘cockroach’ slur
Katie Hopkins and newspaper editor in line of fire as Society of Black Lawyers makes incitement to racial hatred complaint to police
Never mind Amal, the real barrister fashion story is Geoffrey Robertson QC
Bar fashion wars -- Doughty Street head takes on chambers colleague Amal Clooney
The Judge Rules: Politicians hate lawyers – and always have
A round-up of the party election manifestos demonstrates yet again that while the legal profession might have right on its side, the political establishment of all colours doesn’t give a monkey’s
Fed up with the grind at the English bar? Perhaps this set of Kiwi jokers appeals…
Pastafarians preferred, says an Auckland barrister in desperate bid to replace the last chap, who never fit in owing to odd film tastes
Birds of prey swoop into Inns of Court to protect bald barristers from seagull attacks
Life for follicly-challenged lawyers made a misery by London gulls -- but help on hand
Law student hero of University Challenge has already bagged a pupillage
Cambridge Uni third year Ted Loveday secured £60,000 position with Maitland Chambers last month
Legal profession doesn’t rate Tory manifesto pledge to scrap Human Rights Act
Anger as Conservatives promise Bill of Rights and to reduce power of European Court of Human Rights -- oh, and hint at more legal aid cuts
16 reasons why Doughty Street’s Tunde Okewale is the most followed barrister on Instagram
Amal Clooney's chambers colleague is rocking the Insta-verse
Labour politicians don’t want to talk about their vague legal aid manifesto pledge on Twitter
Key opposition figures fail to respond to leading legal tweeter David Allen Green
Barrister plays leading role in poster campaign promoting immigration
Award winning lawyer warns that senior politicians of all stripes must guard against turning the debate “toxic” as nationwide message is pitched at public
Legal aid lawyers depicted as menage a trois loving superheroes in lobbying film
City law firms back star-studded cast in its pre-general election bid to alert public to dangers of cuts to system
BPTC is rubbish and needs urgent reform — say top barristers
Bar Council report lashes providers for churning out an expensive yet poorly regarded course -- and the aptitude test is equally lambasted
9 things we learned from the #PupillageApps Q&A
The best bits from last night's Twitter discussion about how to bag a pupillage
The Judge Rules: Why the Law Society won’t stick up for solicitor-advocates
A Bar Council report flayed solicitor-advocates for being rubbish and Chancery Lane sat on its hands -- all because it needs to keep barristers on side in the war to save criminal legal aid