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Sacked gun-wielding magistrate’s fury at ‘double standard’ over BSB investigator’s Dirty Harry-style photo

AK-47 posing magistrate frustrated over his fate as staffer at bar regulator goes unpunished for Facebook gun pose

16 June 2015 11:45

Research: wannabe barristers are the biggest law student druggies

Legal Practice Course counterparts are the least keen, but when wannabe solicitors do take drugs they have penchant for cocaine

16 June 2015 10:04

Morning round-up: Tuesday 16 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

16 June 2015 08:23

PM hit with social media flack for Magna Carta banalities

David Cameron’s 800th anniversary message from windswept Surrey car park wins little more than derision

15 June 2015 15:58

Tory councillor fake barrister avoids jail, but gets 200 hours of scrubbing graffiti

Monika Juneja forged university and bar school qualifications to bag legal sector jobs -- and a top slot with local Conservatives

15 June 2015 13:54

Social Mobility Commission slams law firms for rich kids bias

Unofficial "poshness test" which champions "talent" keeps riff-raff out of legal profession

15 June 2015 11:53

Morning round-up: Monday 15 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

15 June 2015 08:05

Exclusive Legal Cheek survey: 27% of lawyers take recreational drugs

And it’s not just a spliff round the barbecue — nearly 80% of users are keen on class-A gear

15 June 2015 00:00

Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach

Red faces at London criminal and housing set, as Garden Court cocks up email and widely discloses names of wannabe barristers set for interviews

12 June 2015 13:28

Official research: law students love it doggy style

University sex survey shows wannabe lawyers prefer approaching from behind to traditional missionary position

12 June 2015 11:42