Tag: Crime
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,...
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...
‘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...
‘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...
‘Prostitute’ Lawyer Jailed For Running Belfast Brothel
Natacha Pociana, a qualified lawyer from Brazil, has been jailed for two months after admitting...
City Lawyer In Dog Murder Stalking Riddle
Baffled police are attempting to figure out why Graeme Francis, a solicitor at Keystone Law,...
Get Your Law Lecturer Released From Prison, Too?
Students at Bedfordshire University are petitioning against the imprisonment of their psychology lecturer, Dr. Theodora...
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...
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...
Contempt of Court : Another One Heads to Jail
A man who shouted obscenities at a judge and punched a bench has become the...