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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

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On today's centenary of the start of the first world war, this photo shows members of the Inns of Court Regiment being drilled in Hertfordshire during the conflict

4 August 2014 15:31

Edinburgh Uni law graduate cracks America with hilarious ad for his new firm

Scottish solicitor Peter Reid, who moved to Texas in 2010, succeeds where many Brits have failed as he wows US with YouTube masterpiece

4 August 2014 14:28

Now there are 3 big law firms offering more training contracts than they did last year

First White & Case and Burges Salmon nudged up their trainee numbers, and now — Legal Cheek can reveal — Clyde & Co is increasing its quota substantially

4 August 2014 08:59

Morning round-up: Monday 4 August

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

4 August 2014 07:39

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Happy Yorkshire Day!

1 August 2014 17:24

A window into wannabe barristers’ torment on Pupillage Offer Day

Bag a pupillage and you’ve made it into the secret garden of the bar; fail and you’re just another BPTC grad sucker — no wonder wannabe barristers are nervous today

1 August 2014 13:45