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Morning round-up: Friday 6 March

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

6 March 2015 08:25

Legal pic of the day

A shelfie

5 March 2015 18:11

Twitter account publishes full defamation letter issued by George Galloway’s law firm

Chambers Solicitors' drafting reaches a wider audience

5 March 2015 17:44

Throwback Thursday: Pre-Great Recession, City law firms were all about gymnastics

In a bid for trendiness, franchise giant Eversheds released this adrenaline-fuelled video advert -- three months before the 2008 crash

5 March 2015 14:16

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

5 March 2015 12:18

Ashurst racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 91%

And media niche firm Olswang hits 88%, but on much smaller trainee cohort

5 March 2015 10:28

Ministry of Justice shows ‘breathtaking hypocrisy’ in World Book Day tweet

Grayling's department "looking at how improving prisoners' reading skills helps to reduce reoffending" -- after banning books in prisons and getting smacked down by courts

5 March 2015 09:33

Morning round-up: Thursday 5 March

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

5 March 2015 07:39

Legal pic of the day

Newcastle University law student makes baked appeal for training contract

4 March 2015 18:25

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

4 March 2015 17:33