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There was a poetry slam between two barristers on Twitter yesterday
11KBW’s Sean Jones QC and direct access barrister Alistair Mitchell in #lawyerlovepoetry head-to-head Jones I love you: 1. More than roses and/or any flower: and 2. Almost as much as a billable hour;...
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Bundle rage: Lawyer hits back after top judge labels page limit rule-breakers...
To roars of support on Twitter, St John’s Chambers barrister Lucy Reed slams family division chief’s court document rant Sir James Munby reckons that lawyers who exceed the page limits for their...
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Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer
Fraud squad swooped on Chambers Solicitors in July and arrested two; meanwhile, New York-based former Tory MP reveals she’s had a Gorgeous George letter The law firm at the centre of the George...
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Maxine Peake to play Martha Costello QC-style role in new animated short film
Star of legal drama Silk is back as you’ve never seen her before Maxine Peake, the actress who plays Martha Costello in Silk, is to do the voiceover for a character reminiscent of the fictional top QC...
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The Judge Rules: Training contracts and pupillages should be scrapped
If yet another review of legal education must be launched — let’s hope regulators have the guts to propose something radical and meaningful David Hobart is not a typical media tart. The chief executive...
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Magna Carta: the rap battle
BBC children’s telly sketch team pump up the volume over ancient rights To get down with the kids — and by that, we mean the real kids, namely, children — you have to rap. And while lawyers are...
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Amal Clooney joins Columbia University as visiting lecturer
Doughty Street human rights barrister bags prestigious New York gig Amal Clooney is heading back to New York, the city where she worked for two years at the beginning of her career as a corporate...
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Event: Where will the next generation of advocates come from and how will...
Legal Cheek Careers event at Gray’s Inn featuring a panel of top solicitors and barristers — open to all law students and junior lawyers, with free tickets available below Want to be an advocate but...
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9 Gough Square barristers recall the increasingly unlikely-sized fish that...
Rod-related recollections In these chambers photos the barristers each seems to be telling a tale of an increasingly unlikely-sized fish that got away. Or maybe we’re reading too much into 9 Gough...
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Law student brings disruption to Crufts — but at what cost?
Wannabe lawyer’s antics could be a turn-off for law firms and chambers A law student has rushed the main stage of world-famous dog show Crufts to raise awareness of animal welfare — but has he...
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Under siege bar students build fort out of Archbolds
A pile of 2013 crime law bibles finally comes in handy as two wannabe barristers make sensible use of their time in run-up to a key qualification staging post Those crazy kids at the Holborn branch of...
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Lord Harley of Counsel Vs Welsh Crown Court judge — full transcript emerges
Blow-by-blow report of the renowned dust-up between a flamboyant Harry Potter-style solicitor-advocate and a belligerent member of the bench reveals both sides were a bit shakey on their facts The full...
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The Judge rules: Legal profession awards — don’t they make you sick?!!!
They are professionally meaningless, expensive and at times messy — but should the awards ceremonies be pensioned off? When it comes to legal profession award ceremonies, Woody Allen’s remark in his...
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Wannabe barrister sparks newspaper letter row over Justice Secretary’s record
City University law student and local council candidate triggers defence of Chris Grayling in MP’s constituency newspaper An anonymous newspaper letter in support of legal profession bête noire Chris...
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Outer Temple boosts pupillage cash by 40% triggering fears of award inflation
Exclusive: London set leapfrogs rivals as it charges near to top of national league table in remuneration for baby barristers A fresh round of pupillage award inflation could hit London chambers after...
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1 Crown Office Row barrister in bid to become first Whig party MP for 150 years
Five years’ call junior to run for parliament representing newly “refounded” political party that was dissolved in 1868 When glanced at in a hurry, Alasdair Henderson’s website appears to suggest that...
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New breed press body throws out Lord Harley complaints
Newspaper watchdog rules that two Fleet Street tabloids and a regional publication did not breach its code of practice in reporting the elaborate claims of one of the country’s most renowned advocates...
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The Judge Rules: Law firm websites – bring back the good old simpler days
Modern cyber marketing is flashier, but it lacks the individualistic charm of the earlier generation Life was so much simpler in 1996. The Spice Girls and Oasis were in the charts. As were those cheeky...
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Lawyer fleeced for best part of €250,000 from client account in a scam as old...
Irish high court stops short of striking off Dublin solicitor because he was depressed — and paid the cash back Lawyers — pay attention. If you receive a letter from Nigeria offering you all the riches...
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Celestial gods snub legal London – City lawyers miss out on eclipse fun
Eclipse? What eclipse? That was the disappointed chorus from the heart of the legal profession planet; but Faroese lawyers were laughing Britons across the country morphed into amateur astronomers this...
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