Tag: Lawyers

Magic circle firm throws a ringer into charity cycling competition — and wins

Freshfields enters a fitness trainer into Tour de Law competition, who, funnily enough, manages to cycle faster than just about everyone else

Nov 19 2014 9:18am

Solicitor’s dalliance with Ched Evans debate pulled from Internet

Twitter storm rages as Irish footballers’ association whips contentious article from its website

Nov 18 2014 12:59pm

Stats show firms and chambers target small pool of privately educated recruits

Fewer than 9% of law graduates went to private schools, but up to 40% of young lawyers at City legal practices and commercial sets were privately educated

Nov 18 2014 9:11am

City firms sign up to 25-hours-a-year pro bono deal

Mix of US and English practices lead way -- but is there more to be done and what does pro bono mean for legal aid?

Nov 13 2014 12:30pm

Crown Court solicitor-advocate tells barristers to stop being so smug

The leader of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association hits out at the patronising bar -- as well as the government for turning Magna Carta celebrations into a “legal business fair”

Nov 11 2014 2:10pm

Now Scots aim for independence from God

Humanist group throws thousands at research into rooting out “special laws, practises or exemptions for religions or religious organisations” north of the boarder

Nov 6 2014 12:40pm

The top 10 law fair freebies of 2014

It has been a vintage year

Nov 6 2014 9:02am

Solicitor coughs up tens of thousands in internet dating blackmail honey trap

“No Strings Adult Fun” turns out to have lots of strings attached for lawyer

Nov 5 2014 9:18am

Halloween exclusive: Son of Dracula speaks to Legal Cheek — he’s a lawyer

Bela Lugosi Jr is a longstanding top flight Hollywood attorney who was instrumental in campaign for groundbreaking image rights legislation in California

Oct 31 2014 11:07am

Full transcript: dictator Manuel Noriega’s failed claim against Call of Duty makers for basing character on him

Panama’s former military hard-man sees case thrown out of court

Oct 30 2014 8:57am

Film review: ‘The Judge’ — pissing all over legal accuracy

Lawyers in the audience will struggle not to throw their mega–buckets of popcorn at the screen

Oct 24 2014 9:02am

City partner’s daughter blows lid on Fieldfisher’s lunchtime pheasant farrago

Several things you didn’t know about post-rebranded Fieldfisher: the partners like posh lunches, preferably game bird-orientated; they don’t always get what they want; and their children are privy to internal memos

Oct 22 2014 9:06am

Pistorius sentence sparks Twitter row over what five years really means

This morning’s ruling sees the “Bladerunner” taken down to the cells, but will it be the final curtain for a plethora of parody Twitter accounts?

Oct 21 2014 1:23pm

Al Murray wants ‘trolling’ to be re-named ‘grayling’

Was the nation’s press grayled by the justice secretary?

Oct 20 2014 10:17am

Ukrainian court’s Wi-Fi is called ‘Putin is a d*ckhead’

Chris Grayling-loathers may sniff an opportunity

Oct 16 2014 1:52pm

Taylor Wessing goes into lockdown to protect identity of partner who made out with first year trainee at welcome party

Gossip raging across City about which "head of department" hooked up with rookie

Oct 15 2014 9:49am

The language of the legal directory: decoded — 2014 edition

Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500

Oct 10 2014 8:53am

Come ride in my lime green Lamborghini, says law firm boss

Solicitors' firm chief exec loves his car so much that he wants to share it

Oct 9 2014 9:12am