Tag: Solicitors

Legal Cheek’s Leading Top Quiz of the Year

It has been one hell of a year, but how much of it do you remember?

Dec 24 2015 10:56am

Solicitor-advocate uses client’s Christmas jumper as advocacy tactic

"You can't send anyone to prison wearing that"

Dec 24 2015 10:10am

How law students can survive Christmas

Advice from someone who made it to the other side

Dec 23 2015 1:04pm

Amalarella: A legal profession Christmas pantomime

Amal Clooney joins Lady Hale, Charlotte Proudman, Lord Harley, Judge Rinder and other top lawyers in Katie King's festive marvel

Dec 23 2015 11:02am

Christmas carol gets the lawyer treatment — and it’s soul-destroying

If the Grinch got hold of a hymn, this is what it would look like

Dec 23 2015 9:37am

Lord Harley ‘takes legal action’ against the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for refusing to hear his case in the North

Another twist in long-running saga of controversial solicitor-advocate

Dec 22 2015 12:48pm

Clifford Chance future trainee uproar as firm cancels funding for Professional Skills Course

Policy switch has left students struggling to make ends meet

Dec 22 2015 10:09am

Top lawyers’ horror at prospect of putting a dead man on trial

Lord Janner "trial of facts" would be a modern legal first

Dec 21 2015 5:41pm

ULaw students hit by legal database fail

As if Christmas exams weren’t stressful enough

Dec 21 2015 11:11am

Nottingham Uni law student reveals that she is the child who shouted nativity songs in viral YouTube hit

CMS Cameron McKenna brand ambassador quips that she has always "had an enthusiastic and individual approach"

Dec 16 2015 3:17pm

Top EU law academic tells parliament to stop being so selfish about human rights

UK government needs to set a good example to other countries

Dec 15 2015 5:05pm

Law Society chief says solicitor super-exam could benefit ‘wealthier’ students

Claim made that central assessment could "promote nepotism"

Dec 11 2015 4:48pm

Slaughter and May increase newly qualified solicitor bonuses to £6,300

A nice Christmas present, but will there be time to spend it?

Dec 11 2015 1:25pm

Do I need to chop off my pink tips to ace my TC interview?

Trendy haircuts and law firms

Dec 11 2015 9:32am

Why law students who understand technology have an advantage that will grow and grow

ULaw Visiting Professor Colin Ettinger, a partner at Irwin Mitchell, thinks an Uber-style revolution could be around the corner

Dec 10 2015 2:30pm

Law Society bigwigs sample culinary delights in MasterChef challenge

Solicitor reps' grand Chancery Lane HQ was the setting for latest round of hit BBC cookery show

Dec 10 2015 1:04pm

Rookie criminal barrister charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine

Junior who was called in 2009 to spend Christmas behind bars

Dec 10 2015 9:24am

Now a sixth law firm is paying its newly qualified solicitors £100k

London office of Texas-based Vinson & Elkins joins the '100 club'

Dec 9 2015 3:38pm

Britain could legally ban Donald Trump from entering the country, but would we want to?

It's do-able, but perhaps unwise, say top immigration lawyers

Dec 9 2015 12:57pm

King & Wood Mallesons solicitors take break from corporate law to dash off bakery book

Over 40 Mary Berry-inspired lawyers have contributed

Dec 9 2015 11:32am