Tag: Solicitors
Solicitor’s forging of colleagues’ signatures as a trainee comes back to haunt her
Katherine Edwards' legal career is over after "moment of madness" during her training contract.
10 pieces of advice for trainee City lawyers from Mumsnet readers
A Mumsnet thread offering advice to a prospective City lawyer contains some illuminating titbits of information.
Clarke Willmott partner to leave firm after calling for ‘dedicated Islamic airports and airlines’ on Twitter
EXCLUSIVE: Leading national firm condemns views expressed by partner Jamie Foster and reveals that he is to leave organisation.
The law students providing legal advice to the Silicon Roundabout
What's it like advising east London tech entrepreneurs about the law?
Which universities did the winners of Clifford Chance’s CV Blind competition attend?
Magic circle firm reveals where the successful 20 studied.
10 Vine messages for Chris Grayling
We asked protesters at today's demonstration against the legal cuts for their seven-second messages to Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.
Day of action: ‘My uni mates went to magic circle firms, I chose the criminal Bar’
23 Essex Street junior Vicky Gainza finds the Crown Prosecution Service's threat to withhold work from striking barristers scary — but not as scary as the alternative of doing nothing to prevent the government's legal aid cuts.
How NOT to screw up your vac scheme assessment day
The anonymous trainee solicitor-to-be behind the hugely popular Twitter account @LawVicissitudes shares the wisdom he gleaned from multiple assessment day fails — and, eventually, one success.
@ChrisGrayling: an apology on behalf of the legal profession
Meet Chris Grayling, a Kent-based maths tutor and writer who has endured a tough time from the nation's lawyers of late.
3 top QCs criticise plan to wear wigs during Friday’s day of action
A split has opened up between those who want to protest in full court garb, and those who don't.
It’s the 7 year anniversary of the best law video ever made
Since appearing on YouTube on 2 March 2007, a Donoghue v Stevenson-inspired parody of The...
Solicitor in zippable ‘Super Tie’ Dragon’s Den nightmare
A solicitor has had his entrepreneurial dream of "revolutionising neckwear for men" rubbished on BBC2's Dragon's Den.
5 things you need to know about the MoJ’s terrifying legal aid cut announcement
The Ministry of Justice's long-awaited announcement about its consultation on reforms to criminal legal aid has sent shockwaves through the profession.
8 deluxe networking events that only Oxbridge students will have heard of
Law firms' desperation to attract Oxford and Cambridge students has spawned some dazzling evenings-out.
How it went wrong between media lawyer Mark Stephens and his former client Julian Assange
Julian Assange's ghostwriter has given some juicy insights into the deterioration of the Wikileaks founder's relationship with star media solicitor Mark Stephens.
Event: If I knew then what I know now — at Inner Temple
On the evening of Monday 24 March seven contributors to the ‘If I knew then...
Would you admit to being the legal adviser on BBC drama Silk?
New series of Silk is the most unrealistic yet, despite guidance from top QC.
Linklaters courts controversy by backing cheerleading
Like sports and equalities minister Helen Grant, magic circle firm Linklaters is pro-cheerleading.
The car park in Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking is being demolished
Lord Denning fans will be sad to hear that the car park which featured in the famous Court of Appeal exclusion clause case is no more.
Immigration solicitors on naughty step as 4 law firms receive High Court rebuke
A vintage few months for judicial spankings has yielded yet another lawyer takedown — and...
A journey through a pimped-up legal profession with gangsta app Gizoogle
Gizoogle is a gangsta version of Google, through which a pimped-up version of the internet can be accessed. The lawyers who populate this realm do things differently.