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Bring on the revolution, cries former Appeal Court judge, imploring lawyers...
Timid approach from representation bodies should be binned, advises Sir Anthony Hooper, in bid to put fire in belly of criminal law practitioners A retired Court of Appeal judge has implored legal aid...
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Bogus ‘boutique barrister’ puts regulator in spotlight over non-practising...
Bar Standards Board defends its position as pupillage-less bar graduate is jailed for fraud after using “barrister” title Regulators were in the spotlight today over the continuing grey area around...
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The Judge rules: lawyer websites — little more than worthy vanity publishing
A recent rash of online efforts from the legal profession should be praised for effort, but they won’t reach their supposed target audiences They are bright, breezy, colourful and chock-a-block with...
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Former watchdog tells legal execs to battle traditional lawyers for top...
Controversial plea from the ex-chairwoman of Bar Standards Board is bound agitate current barrister and solicitor leaders Legal executives should lead a “rebellion” against the last government’s legal...
View Article10 revision tips from people who have nailed law exams
Trainee solicitors, barristers and law lecturers distil their exam preparation wisdom into seven-second Vine clips (click on the bottom right corner of each image to turn on the sound) Emma Reid,...
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Top black lawyer charges columnist with racism over migrant ‘cockroach’ slur
Controversial Sun newspaper hack Katie Hopkins and her editor are in the line of fire as Society of Black Lawyers makes incitement to racial hatred complaint to police A leading ethnic minority lawyer...
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Never mind Amal, the real barrister fashion story is Geoffrey Robertson QC
Bar fashion wars — Doughty Street head takes on chambers colleague Amal Clooney The London silk with the most malleable of accents also turns out to be a bit of a fashion plate to rival his chambers...
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Breaking news (er … wind) — fart clears East Midlands courtroom
It’s Friday — so brace yourselves for a spot of scatological reporting In what doubtless recalled one of cinema’s most famous episodes — the campfire scene in Mel Brooks’s 1974 classic Blazing Saddles...
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The Judge Rules: Politicians hate lawyers – and always have
A round-up of the party election manifestos demonstrates yet again that while the legal profession might have right on its side, the political establishment of all colours doesn’t give a monkey’s It...
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Fed up with the grind at the English bar? Perhaps this set of Kiwi jokers...
Pastafarians preferred, says an Auckland barrister in desperate bid to replace the last chap, who never fit in owing to odd film tastes Being cooped up in chambers at the other end of the world has...
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Latest threat to bar — mating and very aggressive seagulls
Lincoln’s Inn authorities step in to protect vulnerable bald barristers by calling in the raptors International commentators often gently mock UK barristers for persisting with 18th-century court...
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Ukip manifesto pledges to protect ‘British law’ (even though ‘British law’...
Nigel Farage’s party seems unaware that England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own legal systems Despite possessing a number of lawyers in its ranks, Ukip has managed to make a...
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Law student hero of University Challenge has already bagged a pupillage
Cambridge Uni third year Ted Loveday secured £60,000 position with Maitland Chambers last month University Challenge hero Ted Loveday is not only a genius who is adored by fawning members of the...
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Legal profession doesn’t rate Tory manifesto pledge to scrap Human Rights Act
Anger as Conservatives promise Bill of Rights and to reduce power of European Court of Human Rights — oh, and hint at more legal aid cuts Top lawyers have reacted angrily on social media to the Tories’...
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16 reasons why Doughty Street’s Tunde Okewale is the most followed barrister...
Amal Clooney’s chambers colleague is rocking the Insta-verse 39 Essex Chambers’ Justine Thornton quietly joined Instagram the other day, and immediately hauled in an impressive 587 followers with 13...
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Labour politicians don’t want to talk about their vague legal aid manifesto...
Key opposition figures fail to respond to leading legal tweeter David Allen Green Labour published its manifesto today. The bit about the legal system was almost entirely contained in three paragraphs...
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Barrister plays leading role in poster campaign promoting immigration
Award winning lawyer warns that senior politicians of all stripes must guard against turning the debate “toxic” as nationwide message is pitched at public A high-profile barrister is featuring in a...
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Legal aid lawyers depicted as menage a trois loving superheroes in lobbying film
City law firms back star-studded cast in pre-general election bid to alert public to dangers of cuts to the publicly funded system Legal aid lawyers are so impoverished — or just plain randy — that...
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BPTC is rubbish and needs urgent reform — say top barristers
Bar Council report lashes providers for churning out an expensive yet poorly regarded course — and the aptitude test is equally lambasted The Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) is an expensive...
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The Judge Rules: Why the Law Society won’t stick up for solicitor-advocates
A Bar Council report flayed solicitor-advocates for being rubbish and Chancery Lane sat on its hands — all because it needs to keep barristers on side in the war to save criminal legal aid Any...
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