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#ThrowbackThursday: Back to the Future II basically predicted the legal aid cuts

Spookily, 1989 cult classic Back to the Future II — which is set in 2015 — forecast not only hipster fashion, but the end of lawyers…

7 August 2014 09:35

Morning round-up: Thursday 7 August

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

7 August 2014 07:57

Legal pic of the day

Moving moment

6 August 2014 16:34

Too many lawyers? Blame the bankers

The rocketing number of law graduates -- and the topsy-like growth of the legal profession over the last generation -- has got The Times worried. But the numbers aren’t as simple as they seem

6 August 2014 13:26

Revealed: the really badly written and fake-sounding LPC scam emails that have spurred SRA warning

Legal Cheek has obtained copies of the LPC funding scam emails that have prompted the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to issue a warning to wannabe lawyers

6 August 2014 09:54

Morning round-up: Wednesday 6 August

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

6 August 2014 08:13

Legal pic of the day

Has Breaking Bad lawyer Saul Goodman moved to Edinburgh?

5 August 2014 16:03

Addressing a judge: just don’t call them ‘Your Majesty’

Beware, wannabe lawyers, of emulating defendant at Grimsby Crown Court in using the royal address to greet a judge

5 August 2014 13:46

The unlucky law firm which went from sharing name with Holocaust denier to sharing name with terrorist group

David M Irving Solicitors may be rueing its 2007 ‘Isis Legal’ rebrand

5 August 2014 09:28

Morning round-up: Tuesday 5 August

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

5 August 2014 07:55