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Barristers bombard Guardian journo with spoof otter-watching texts after...
Tedium of waiting for jurors to come to a verdict was relieved by a practical joke on a hack Cheeky barristers acting for Sun journalists accused of corrupting public officials have idled away time...
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Junior barrister arrested following death of boyfriend in Temple flat
Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron has been bailed until March A junior barrister has been arrested after his boyfriend died of a suspected drug overdose in his Temple flat, according to a report on gay...
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Criminal Bar Association makes awkward U-turn over Global Legal Summit
Previous chairman described controversial event as Putin-esque; his successor is a confirmed speaker When he was at the helm of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) Nigel Lithman QC heavily criticised...
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Wigs and gowns set to be this season’s must-have after Amal Clooney...
“I’m wearing Ede & Ravenscroft,” quips Doughty Street barrister Chancery Lane outfitters Ede & Ravenscroft is bracing itself for a rush of orders after being given a mention today by bar style...
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Twitter shock at barrister’s triple ‘C-bomb’
Is senior junior at 1 Gray’s Inn Square the most foul-mouthed lawyer on Twitter? There something worryingly liberating about social media — as quite a few wannabe and actual lawyers have found to their...
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Guilty until proven innocent? Ministry of Justice mistakenly reverses the...
Top legal tweeters Mukul Chawla QC and David Allen Green call out MoJ The Ministry of Justice has been forced to withdraw a brochure which suggested that people were guilty until proven innocent after...
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Bar is ‘fantastic’ for working parents says Ed Miliband’s wife — but her...
Justine Thornton’s ringing endorsement of “family-friendly” bar not backed up by stats 39 Essex Street barrister Justine Thornton, who is married to Labour leader Ed Miliband, has described the bar as...
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Grayling Magna Carta party latest — win raffle to open a bridge
Highlight of Ministry of Justice’s controversial Global Law Summit to be a bottleneck of traffic in east London The latest wheeze to emerge from the Ministry of Justice’s international backslapping...
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The Bar Council is giving junior barristers thousands of pounds to go to...
Up to £2,500 per barrister available to fund flights, hotels and other costs arising from participation in conferences abroad Put-upon junior barristers in need of winter sun have been thrown a...
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What judges say Vs. what judges mean
“I consider this application, in accordance with the Overriding Objective” = “Eeeny-meeny-miney-mo” The language of the courtroom can be archaic, convoluted and sometimes simply baffling. For example,...
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Research: lawyers most sought after profession for affairs because they’re...
Solicitors and barristers in hot demand on infidelity dating websites Lawyers have bested politicians, salespeople and even actors to come out on top of a survey of the best profession to have an...
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The Mr Darcy of the bar is reported to have hooked up with a Hollywood star
Could Matrix Chambers’ Ben Emmerson QC be the new Amal? Top human rights silk Ben Emmerson QC is reported to have followed in the footsteps of fellow barrister Amal Clooney and hooked up with a...
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The Amal Effect: More wannabe human rights lawyers, but where are the jobs?
Soaring applications for human rights courses may not be good news Human rights has always been considered a difficult area of law in which to forge a career — and it may have just got more difficult....
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Lib-Dem justice minister bombarded with flack for pompous Magna Carta tweet
Social justice campaigners draw Simon Hughes’s attention to the fact that his government is devastating legal aid budget There are few greater pleasures in life than watching a politician lock ‘n’...
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Breaking news: Nazi bomb hoax barrister handed 12-month jail sentence
Michael Shrimpton’s professional fate in the hands of bar regulator as prison term comes in wake of child pornography conviction The barrister convicted of an Olympic Games bomb hoax has been sentenced...
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Barrister’s ‘gagging for it’ blog about rape goes viral for all the wrong...
Weekend newspapers tear into veteran criminal brief, who stands by shocking blog post A blog post by a criminal barrister entitled ‘She Was Gagging For It’ has gone viral for all the wrong reasons...
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BPTC student stands for local council in Grayling’s constituency
Funnily enough, young Labour party candidate and wannabe barrister takes a dim view of the Lord Chancellor’s record on access to justice The countdown to the next general election may be gripping those...
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Student ‘got a pupillage interview at Chancery set’ by legally analysing...
But wannabe barrister’s subsequent gloating on Twitter was probably not a great idea A law student has claimed to have secured a pupillage interview at a chancery set by penning a legal analysis of...
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Fifty Shades of trainee solicitor torture
Forget the book; sod the gala film opening — as Valentine’s Day approaches, wannabe lawyers should just read this “Ms Steal, our requirements are … singular.” I bite my lip, dreading what is to come....
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Chris Grayling’s global summit turns to sh*t
Lawyers — keep those colons clean. That’s the latest message from the website for the controversial international shindig scheduled to celebrate the Magna Carta anniversary The much-maligned Global Law...
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