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11 tweets from the #hipsterlaw hashtag that are probably too hilariously...
A hashtag spawned by Sean Jones QC — of advice-to-George-Clooney-on-marrying-a-barrister fame — took off this morning. ‘Fixie fees’ ‘We read the Magna Carta before it was cool’ So over Lord Sumption So...
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Barrister quits bar to become a barista
The tale of a lawyer who’s jacked it all in to run a cafe. When Heidi Cotton launched the Broom Wagon Velo Cafe last March, she must have seen the headlines coming. And newspapers being predictable...
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Law Society lays on rubber chicken for only 250 notes per head at...
Despite trying to pitch categories at high street and younger lawyers, only City slickers look likely to afford Chancery Lane’s gala event In Woody Allen’s classic 1977 film “Annie Hall”, the lead...
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Dinah Rose QC to Barrister Hottie Experts: ‘Keep me out of your bloody lists’
Top Blackstone Chambers silk fires warning to Your Barrister Boyfriend duo as she joins Twitter. Dinah Rose QC has moved to prevent her inclusion in the 2014 Barrister Hottie List by issuing a “keep me...
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9 things not to do in a pupillage interview (if you’re an interviewer)
An anonymous bar wannabe draws on his recent pupillage interview experience to deliver some lessons to chambers. All applicants are deeply grateful to barristers for offering pupillages in the first...
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Just who is Jeremy Wright? Lawyers have never heard of new attorney general
Dominic Grieve QC replaced by a non-silk who promotes his ability to video-conference with the best of them Jeremy Wright was met with a resounding cry of “Who he?” this morning as he slipped into the...
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Research: lawyers face more pressure than any other British worker
Legal profession workers are massively more stressed out and pissed off than the average worker, a leading solicitors’ firm discovers after sending in the survey boffins Slater & Gordon — the...
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Bar Hottie 2014: 1 Hare Court’s Nicholas Wilkinson is crowned ‘London’s...
Divorce lawyer Wilkinson wins; last year’s top hottie Patrick Hennessey down to fourth place; 17 new entrants to list of 21 ‘hotties’ 1 Hare Court’s Nicholas Wilkinson has been crowned the ‘hottest...
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Barrister speaks of shock at ‘penis’ pattern on Milkybar
Barrister Robin Jacobs goes public with claim that Milky Bar has a penis shape moulded into it — sparking Nestlé response In one of the most bizarre news stories of the week, a barrister has complained...
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Transcript emerges of huge bust-up between judge and ‘breathtakingly...
The Court of Appeal has torn into a criminal barrister and referred him to the Bar Standards Board for getting into a slanging match with a Crown Court judge — but what did the pair actually say to...
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A reading from the Book of Mitchell
Wigapedia draws upon biblical inspiration to follow the twists and turns of the Jackson reforms And in the eve of the year, towards the month that is known as December and the Feast of Ipad, it came to...
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Let’s break free from the cultural imperialism of US legal dramas and stop...
Respected broadsheet follows ITV into the trap of thinking British judges bang away like their Yankee counterparts Lawyers and judges were reeling this week at the most shocking development to hit the...
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Throwback Thursday: Lord Denning and Noddy on ‘Jim’ll Fix It’
Following the popularity of the video of Slaughter and May in 1981, we have continued our trawl of YouTube and unearthed a 1985 episode of ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ starring Lord Denning and Noddy — which...
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There is a real billboard advertising the services of Saul Goodman’s junior...
Seemingly innocuous lawyer advert is in fact a clever publicity stunt for Breaking Bad spin-off Fans of Breaking Bad have spotted a roadside billboard in Albuquerque advertising the services of a...
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This sign for the toilets in the Royal Courts of Justice goes beyond everyday...
Female advocates, male non-advocates and wheelchair users are all flummoxed by this sign for the toilets at the Royal Courts of Justice The Royal Courts of Justice contains what may be the least...
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The spiritual home of Wednesbury Unreasonableness is for sale
West Midlands cinema at heart of Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp goes on the market Rare is the law graduate who is unable to vaguely recall the 1947 case of Provincial Picture Houses...
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Research: young barristers are much cleverer than older ones
New figures give weight to the suspicion that the senior bar is full of not-so-bright slackers from privileged backgrounds The mediocre academic performance of senior members of the bar starkly...
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Law: the fantasy Vs the reality
Life as a solicitor or barrister isn’t always what it seems Law school — the fantasy: The glossy brochures depict bright-eyed, keen, intelligent and beautiful young people, hanging on the every word of...
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Squatted magistrates court which hosted Occupy’s ‘trial of the 1%’ to become...
Two-and-a-half years on from the Occupy movement’s foray into the provision of justice, the 1% get their revenge as spate of court sell-offs continues Soon it won’t matter that the legal aid budget has...
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Judge told barrister to nip down to Chinese takeaway — for an interpreter
Glitch in outsourcing services blamed for lack of Mandarin speaker in trial at Cardiff Crown Court Chinese takeaway restaurants have a long history of being extremely useful to the legal profession....
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