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Members of Leeds' Zenith Chambers cool off with a 'Vodka Luge'
Law lecturer lip sync battles are a thing
Lip sync battles -- as popularised by British comic Stephen Merchant, whose classic lip sync performance on the Jimmy Fallon show has become a YouTube classic -- have finally reached the law
Transcript emerges of huge bust-up between judge and ‘breathtakingly arrogant’ barrister that has shocked the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has torn into a criminal barrister and referred him to the Bar Standards Board for getting into a slanging match with a Crown Court judge — but what did the pair actually say to each other?
Morning round-up: Friday 18 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
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Guardian illustrates law story with photo of … an erotica book?!
Bar Hottie 2014: 1 Hare Court’s Nicholas Wilkinson is crowned ‘London’s hottest barrister’ in a list stacked with new talent
Divorce lawyer Wilkinson wins; last year's top hottie Patrick Hennessey down to fourth place; 17 new entrants to 21-strong list
Morning round-up: Thursday 17 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
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Weird law firm names, part 386
Research: lawyers face more pressure than any other British worker
Legal profession workers are massively more stressed out and pissed off than the average worker, a leading solicitors’ firm discovers after sending in the survey boffins.
Just who is Jeremy Wright? Lawyers have never heard of new attorney general
Dominic Grieve QC replaced by a non-silk who promotes his ability to video-conference with the best of them