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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 – a lecturer on BPP…

Nov 6 2012 1:44pm
Mystery As English Solicitor Found Dead In Yemen

Roger Stokes, an English solicitor with the Yemeni law firm Sheikh Tariq Abdullah, has died…

Oct 12 2012 1:04pm
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 King & Wood Mallesons legacy…

Sep 20 2012 3:55pm
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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 Victoria Lawson admitted stealing more…

Sep 20 2012 9:25am
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‘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 the US law firm of…

Sep 17 2012 9:40am
DLA Piper Trainee Solicitor Convicted Of Making Homophobic Remarks And Attacking Two Students

A second-year trainee at the Edinburgh office of DLA Piper has been found guilty of…

Sep 10 2012 9:00am
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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 a woman on the Edinburgh-London…

Sep 3 2012 9:35am
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What Is It With Law Graduates And The Urge To Steal From John Lewis?

An LPC graduate has admitted stealing from John Lewis via a fake refund scam, just…

Aug 28 2012 10:12am
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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 City lawyers travelled by plane….

Aug 8 2012 1:04pm
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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 stormed out of court after…

Jul 31 2012 9:45am
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Criminal Justice Guru Mervyn Barrett OBE Certainly Has a Lot Of Twitter Followers…

Mervyn Barrett OBE, who is running to be police and crime commissioner in Lincolnshire, has…

Jul 18 2012 12:30pm
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Hero Barrister Thwarts Drug Dealer’s Courtroom Escape Bid

It was just another morning in court. Peter Hampton, a barrister at Broadway House Chambers,…

Jul 17 2012 2:17pm

‘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 conman famous for posing as…

Jun 8 2012 12:08pm
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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 strange case of Marious Pimm,…

May 28 2012 12:42pm
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 Middle Temple Hall, CBA chair…

May 18 2012 8:35am
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‘I’m The MD Of Mangan Associates!’ Man Who Claimed He Was Solicitor Faces Jail

It seems that everyone is pretending – or at least allegedly pretending – to be…

May 17 2012 2:12pm
‘Fake’ Barrister Used Pub As Office And Joked His Wig Was ‘Itchy’, Says Prosecution

Last week, the trial of a law graduate charged with fraud for attempting to pass…

May 3 2012 2:05pm
‘Prostitute’ Lawyer Jailed For Running Belfast Brothel

Natacha Pociana, a qualified lawyer from Brazil, has been jailed for two months after admitting…

Apr 16 2012 9:08am

City Lawyer In Dog Murder Stalking Riddle

Baffled police are attempting to figure out why Graeme Francis, a solicitor at Keystone Law,…

Mar 22 2012 3:53pm
Get Your Law Lecturer Released From Prison, Too?

Students at Bedfordshire University are petitioning against the imprisonment of their psychology lecturer, Dr. Theodora…

Feb 3 2012 10:13am
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MP Demands Action After Legal Cheek Reveals £81K Theft Barrister is Still Practising

Today in the House of Commons, Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland will call for…

Jan 31 2012 10:17am
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Legal Am-Dram: Lawyers Retry Playwright Joe Orton

Legal Cheek associate editor Emily Jupp reviews Friday’s re-trial of 1960s playwright and library-book defacer…

Jan 30 2012 1:52pm
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Contempt of Court : Another One Heads to Jail

A man who shouted obscenities at a judge and punched a bench has become the…

Jan 26 2012 2:49pm

Court Hears How Barrister Who Lectured On The BPTC At BPP Law School Last Term ‘Groomed Boy For Sex’