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Secretaries Rage At Firm’s ‘Nazi’-Style Fingerprint Regime

Secretaries at the Canadian affiliate of UK giant DAC Beachcroft are fuming after the law...

6 November 2012 11:18

Ex-Simmons Solicitor Who Blew £1m In Divorce Battle Against Fellow City Lawyer Pitches For Family Law Reform Role

Between them, former Simmons & Simmons associate Anna Kavanagh and her ex-husband, Holman Fenwick Willan...

5 November 2012 09:58

Why Unemployed Law Graduates Should Ignore The Trend To Go Out On The Street And Hustle For a Job

Earlier this week, a City lawyer told me that his firm had experienced a “surge”...

1 November 2012 10:37

How Never Having Done a Pupillage Needn’t Stop You Appearing On The Telly As a ‘Barrister’

Over the weekend, David Neita, a self-styled ‘People’s Lawyer and People’s Poet’, was interviewed on BBC...

31 October 2012 13:12

The Law Firms Which Owe £5K To a Barrister 4 YEARS After He Was Instructed By Them

Legal Cheek has obtained records that show the names of 15 law firms which have...

30 October 2012 10:27

Stop Insulting Powerful People With Cruel ‘Twits’ Gibes, Urges Bar Standards Board Chief

Yesterday on her blog Bar Standards Board (BSB) chief Baroness Ruth Deech argued that there...

29 October 2012 11:29

Law Grad’s Hip Hop Video About Securing Job At Top Firm

Mike Lickver (pictured) has crowned his journey from law school to landing a job at...

25 October 2012 14:21

Happy Birthday: Legal Cheek Is One

A year ago today we launched with this post from Android. Since then, the site...

24 October 2012 14:42

Fake QC Who Offered Bogus Pupillages Was Campaign Manager Of PCC Candidate Mervyn Barrett, Claims Solicitor

This is one of those ‘Wow, just wow!’ stories. It has two strands, which come...

24 October 2012 08:32

Please, No More ‘Nietzsche And The Law’! Why Americans Are Looking Enviously At The GDL Route To Legal Qualification

In comparison to our odd system of legal education – which sprawls haphazardly from the...

23 October 2012 12:50