Author: Ali Mountain
‘Dozens’ of extra 2014 pupillages could be created by new Inns of Court subsidy scheme
The Inns of Court are to cover 50% of the cost of some pupillage awards...
Stephenson Harwood hires ‘Huge Dong’
The Lawyer has reported that a corporate lawyer called “Huge Dong” has joined Stephenson Harwood’s...
Lawyer incorporates restaurant tips and Viagra quips into settlement offer letter — letter goes viral
A dispute between two US baseball players has spawned one of the most colourful settlement...
This is how broke criminal barristers are
A divorce law barrister has posted a series of tweets laying bare just how broke...
Three lawyers feature in The Independent’s ‘Pink List’ 2013
The legal profession is healthily represented in this year’s ‘Pink List’, with three of its...
Why trying to persuade a judge that the authority of the law doesn’t apply to you isn’t such a good court tactic
Since enjoying a flurry of publicity after this memorable attempt to arrest a judge (see...
Cocaine-fuelled bullying incident comes back to haunt Kingsley Napley solicitor
Dave Rowntree, the former Blur drummer who recently qualified as a solicitor at Kingsley Napley,...
High Court judge mocks solicitor-turned-pornstar’s romantic prose style in ‘hunny bunny’ dispute
A struck-off tax solicitor who has earned millions making porn films — some of which...
Stephenson Harwood’s ‘red hot litigator’ makes First Capital Connect pay for overcharging him for his commute
Rail operator First Capital Connect (FCC) is rueing Andrew Myers’ 2012 move from SNR Denton’s...
‘F*ckwad’ emails led (somewhat indirectly) to the biggest law firm collapse in history
The New Yorker has revealed a series of previously unseen abusive emails which arguably set...