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‘Dramatic increase’ in complaints about barristers social media posts
Overall BSB findings show reports are on the rise
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Lawyers analyse child’s ‘new room contract’ with 9-year-old sister
‘Would a Haribo rent be a sensible consideration?’
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Barristers anger at Justice Sec’s selfie with roller-skating Xmas pud
Dominic Raab’s decision to send pre-recorded bar conference message (rather than attending in-person) has apparently not gone down well with lawyers
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Barristers fall out over Middle Temple LGBTQ+ qualifying session
Huge trans rights row divides the bar
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Legal aid: Are City lawyers best placed to plug the gap?
Shadow Justice Sec David Lammy’s suggestion BigLaw should up pro bono efforts prompts split on Twitter
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Big law firms love LinkedIn and YouTube, research finds
Twitter not so much
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Magistrate rebuked for calling junior barrister ‘huffy’ after she was mistaken for defendant three times in one day
Jacqueline Mitchell handed formal warning for ‘ill judged’ tweet
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Supreme Court judge expressed ‘relief’ at Lord Sumption’s resignation in previously unseen email exchange
Made public through FOI request
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‘Cancelled’ barrister cleared of misconduct over tweet that got him kicked out of chambers
But fined £500 over separate tweet about Muslims
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Dominic Cummings brands legal Twitter royalty as ‘charlatans’
Former Downing Street adviser lashes leading lawyers over Brexit views
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Elon Musk mocks British wig-wearing barristers
‘Mfs in the 1700s saw this hairstyle and were like YOOOO 🔥🔥🔥’
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Royal baby tweet barrister cleared by London law firm
Family Law Cafe finds no evidence of ‘discriminatory practice’ in relation to CEO’s post
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Family barrister suspended following ‘offensive and unacceptable’ Royal baby tweet
Joanna Toch apologises after ill-judged remark
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The 12 best legal social media users of 2021
Meet the influencers that kept us entertained and educated over the past 12 months
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Jo Maugham QC claims Allen & Overy blacklisted him and his chambers
Tax barrister says ‘ban’ came in ‘aftermath’ of fox killing tweet
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Barrister expelled from chambers over ‘stroppy teenager of colour’ tweet
Jon Holbrook, formerly of Cornerstone Barristers, says he resigned four days earlier
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Barrister condemned for ‘stroppy teenager of colour’ tweet
Jon Holbrook’s comment remains up despite his chambers twice requesting it be deleted
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Netflix’s Top Boy uses sold off crown court to film legal scenes — as criminal case backlog hits 457,518
Blackfriars Crown Court flogged for a reported £65 million in 2019
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Lawyers left stunned after ex-Supreme Sumption tells cancer sufferer her life is ‘less valuable’ on national TV
Former top judge insists comment was taken out of context
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Pupil barristers take to Twitter to mark first day on the job
Social media posts come as Gateway reopens today
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Lawyers hit out at US law firm Quinn Emanuel’s ‘dread’ advert
Full-page in FT
