Police conducting drugs investigation search Herbert Smith Freehills’ Belfast office
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Crime
Exclusive: There are 16,000 barristers currently practising, just 110 have criminal convictions
A third of these were for drink driving
‘There is no incentive for junior lawyers to qualify into criminal law’, says Junior Lawyers Division
And there will be even less incentive after MoJ pay reforms
Man convicted of spray-painting creepy graffiti on the side of the RCJ is banned from the building
Stay away! the court orders
#TheAccused: Social media goes mad for ‘unprecedented’ Channel 5 criminal law documentary
We spoke to the lawyer involved in the case about his client’s trial by Twitter
Thief handed suspended sentence for stealing Luton Crown Court roof
Silly season is finally here
Aspiring lawyer charged with murder does NOT attend BPP despite LinkedIn claims
Law school says Carl Langdell “has never been a student at BPP University”
BPP GDL student to appear in court charged with murder
Carl Langdell, who launched his own law firm in August, suspected of killing teacher Katie Locke
Criminal barristers are paid £2.40 an hour but I still see why people want to do their job
Legal Cheek‘s Katie King meets a bunch of broke bar rookies — and is charmed
Rookie criminal barrister charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine
Junior who was called in 2009 to spend Christmas behind bars
Police investigate after sex attack on paralegal’s miniature Shetland pony
Tiny horse was found badly injured, with two separate internal injuries
How Bad Does Your Wide-Ranging Crime Spree Have To Be To Prevent You From Becoming A Solicitor?
Last week a Bradford solicitor was jailed for five years… Read more »
Court Told Of Trainee’s Lap-Dance Club Nightmare
UPDATE: Friday 7 December 9am – Michael Peters found not… Read more »
At The Criminal Bar You ‘Learn To Deal With Misogyny, Inequality And A Progressive Lack Of Quality’
Ed note: This is the fourth in a series of… Read more »
Lawyer Jailed After Allegedly Drawing Penis Graffiti All Over The Walls Of His Former Law Firm
A disbarred personal injury lawyer, who has been charged with… Read more »
Court Hears How Barrister Who Lectured On The BPTC At BPP Law School Last Term ‘Groomed Boy For Sex’
Yesterday, Basildon Crown Court was told how Anton Van Dellen… Read more »
Mystery As English Solicitor Found Dead In Yemen
Roger Stokes, an English solicitor with the Yemeni law firm… Read more »
London Office Of King & Wood Mallesons Evacuated After Solicitor Sent a Cheque Covered In Dog Sh*t
A court has heard today that the London office of… Read more »
At Last, Some Good News For Jobless LPC Graduates: If You’re Convicted Of a Crime, You’ll Get a Lighter Sentence Than Other People
Last month, BPP Law School Legal Practice Course (LPC) graduate… Read more »
‘In The Years I Have Known Him, He Has Always Been An Arrogant Lawyer’: Is This The Worst Reference Letter Ever?
On Friday, a struck-off lawyer who used to work for… Read more »
DLA Piper Trainee Solicitor Convicted Of Making Homophobic Remarks And Attacking Two Students
A second-year trainee at the Edinburgh office of DLA Piper… Read more »
Career May Be Over For City Lawyer Who Groped Woman On National Express Coach As He’s Put On Sex Offenders Register
Hugh Wotherspoon, the solicitor found guilty last month of groping… Read more »
What Is It With Law Graduates And The Urge To Steal From John Lewis?
An LPC graduate has admitted stealing from John Lewis via… Read more »
City Lawyer Admits To ‘Trying It On’ With Woman On Edinburgh-London National Express Coach
There was a time, before the financial crisis struck, when… Read more »
Dog Bite Judge Beatrice Bolton: ‘Judges Are Human And They Can Only Take So Much’
Former Crown Court judge Beatrice Bolton achieved fame when she… Read more »
Criminal Justice Guru Mervyn Barrett OBE Certainly Has a Lot Of Twitter Followers…
Mervyn Barrett OBE, who is running to be police and… Read more »
Hero Barrister Thwarts Drug Dealer’s Courtroom Escape Bid
It was just another morning in court. Peter Hampton, a… Read more »
‘He Daubed The Word “Bitch” On Wall In My Garden, Which Doesn’t Seem Like Something The DPP Would Do’
The words of a former girlfriend of Paul Bint, the… Read more »
Law Grad Who Attempted To Pass Himself Off As a Barrister From His Pop Up Office In a Pub Is Jailed
Earlier this month, Legal Cheek brought you news of the… Read more »
Amid “Heartache, Depression and Personal Bankruptcy”, Are We Finally Seeing The End Of The Criminal Bar?
Last night at the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) dinner at… Read more »
‘I’m The MD Of Mangan Associates!’ Man Who Claimed He Was Solicitor Faces Jail
It seems that everyone is pretending – or at least… Read more »
‘Fake’ Barrister Used Pub As Office And Joked His Wig Was ‘Itchy’, Says Prosecution
Last week, the trial of a law graduate charged with… Read more »
‘Prostitute’ Lawyer Jailed For Running Belfast Brothel
Natacha Pociana, a qualified lawyer from Brazil, has been jailed… Read more »
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Clyde & Co associate struck off after sending ‘misleading’ emails to conceal £500,000 error 
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