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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
‘If @TheDappy Gets Sent Down Today Then We’re All Gonna Go To Guildford Crown Court & Kill The Judge’

The brave new world of social media isn’t working out so well for judges. As…

Aug 31 2012 9:39am
Tweeting Like It’s 1984: Why Police’s Bright Idea To Ban Anonymous Bloggers Could Herald Orwellian Dystopia

Imagine a world where everything you say and write is stored indefinitely and attributable to…

Aug 17 2012 9:46am
Taking The Piss Out Of Judges To Be Legalised

At Legal Cheek, we enjoy taking the piss out of judges. Especially when they appear…

Aug 13 2012 3:35pm
Judges Threatened With Disciplinary Action For Blogging About Their Day Job – Even If They Do So Anonymously

A magistrate has published on his blog what he says are new guidelines from the…

Aug 13 2012 8:06am
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

A Shaft Of Light At The Junior Criminal Bar? Why New Advocacy Assessment Regime Could Be An Opportunity For Baby Barristers

As the Quality Assurance Scheme For Advocates (QASA) consultation rumbles on, the latest concern is…

Jul 19 2012 1:54pm
Blackmail, Inappropriate Touching And Assault, Amongst Some Other Offences: Annual Judicial Roll Of Shame Released

Most of the 79 members of the judiciary disciplined for misconduct last year were magistrates,…

Jul 16 2012 8:45am
Dear Lady Justice Hallett, Don’t Be Insecure, You Don’t Need Make-Up…

Judging by her blue eye makeup, I’d say that Lady Justice Hallett (pictured) is no…

Jun 19 2012 2:17pm
Law Among The Jobs Most Likely To Lead To Weight Gain, Says New Survey

The sea of pot-bellies and teams of medics waiting nervously on stand-by at last month’s…

Jun 11 2012 1:34pm
‘Glory, Glory, Legal Cobra!’

Ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors of the highest echelons of the…

May 1 2012 10:24am
‘I’m Worried Having a Blog Could Repel Chambers’

King’s College law student Yi Bin Woh reckons Lord Neuberger’s recent warning to judges about…

Mar 21 2012 10:34am

Lord Neuberger Slams Judges For Appearing on MasterChef

Never upstage the boss. And that rule applies double when your boss is Master of…

Mar 19 2012 11:23am
The Next Alan Hansen? Judge Gives Sentencing a Match of The Day Flavour

A Manchester judge felt moved to criticise the recent behaviour of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez…

Mar 6 2012 9:16am
Lord Justice of Appeal Slams MasterChef Hopefuls

When BBC series MasterChef set its contestants the task of cooking a qualifying session dinner…

Feb 23 2012 11:45am
Should We Let Sleeping Judges Lie?

Alex Aldridge found it hard to stay awake while marshalling as a bright-eyed 26-year-old, so…

Feb 15 2012 3:49pm
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
Morning Round-Up: Friday 20 January

Belfast solicitor ‘linked to Triads’ – Belfast Telegraph Former judge Beatrice Bolton dog bite charges…

Jan 20 2012 8:18am

Judge Hears Cases in a Pub

A pub is being used as a makeshift courtroom due to a shortage of official…

Jan 4 2012 3:44pm
Judge With The Wild Dogs and The Bad Attitude Retires

Judge and owner of fearsome alsatians Beatrice “fucking travesty” Bolton has retired before the disciplinary…

Jan 3 2012 2:51pm
THE MAN BEHIND THE LAW REPORTS

Follow @DanHLawReporter Barrister-turned-law reporter Daniel Hoadley explains what it’s like to document court cases, and…

Nov 24 2011 11:01am

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