Tag: News
Hashtag hilarity: #FakeWongaLawFirms
Following Wonga's creation of fake law firms Chainey, D'Amato & Shannon and Barker & Lowe, Twitter users have been having some fun with the #FakeWongaLawFirms hashtag. Here are a selection.
The Bar Council accidentally sacks all of its staff
Mail-merge problems during restructuring consultation cause chaos.
Wannabe solicitor with murder conviction is allowed to do the LPC
High Court clears way for Selwyn Strachan — who was released from prison in Grenada in 2009 after Amnesty International slammed his "fatally flawed" trial — to become a solicitor.
Morning round-up: Thursday 26 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Wonga fake law firms — where did they get those names?
Parody accounts already alive on Twitter as pay-day lender coughs up millions in compensation
2 Hare Court barrister set to be UK’s telly Judge Judy
Multi-million pound fraud specialist plucked to hear cases of lawn mower failure and duff holidays
Solicitor under fire for calling Alex Salmond an ‘ars*hole’
War of words rages north of the border — and perks up independence debate — following inflammatory tweet
Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Law firm toilets: a critical reflection
Legal profession toilets aren’t quite at 'Trainspotting' levels of degradation, but many could do better
Junior lawyer doubles as online underwear model
Will colleagues at Winston & Strawn’s London office follow suit by ... er ... stripping off their suits?
Phone hacking lawyer’s Twitter gets hacked — and he becomes most followed member of UK legal profession
Tens of thousands of fake followers descend on Mark Lewis after — irony of ironies — his Twitter account is hacked.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Workload and client expectations are by far the biggest causes of stress for lawyers
60% of stressed-out solicitors say volume of work is the problem; 42% cite client expectations.
Morning round-up: Monday 23 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
You can be a lawyer and simultaneously live your childhood Indiana Jones dream
Combining law firm marketing with action hero role-play.
11 eyebrow-raisingly honest tweets from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain’s trainee-controlled Twitter account
15 hour days and "being sent to buy lingerie on the weekend": trainee solicitors reveal what life at big law firm is really like.
Morning round-up: Friday 20 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Lawyer Vs judge bust-ups are so much more civilised on this side of the pond
Barrister's live-tweeting of his appeal against contempt of court fine is about as rebellious as English lawyers get.
Student pulls out of GDL for a bid at the catwalk
Times are tough for law students – which is possibly why one has said sod it, I’ll splurge my student loan on cosmetic surgery
Morning round-up: Thursday 19 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Report highlights hard times at the bar over conditions and pay
Longer hours, an increasing chance of being bullied and falling incomes -- that is the grim picture of modern life at the bar, as painted by the profession’s own leadership.