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The Mitchell decision and the breakdown of meaning

Following the recent further spate of Mitchell-related decisions, it has been determined after careful study of the ratio in each ruling that judges are simply making this stuff up as they go along.

9 May 2014 09:04

Morning round-up: Friday 9 May

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

9 May 2014 08:16

Legal pic of the day

Are you sure that's how you spell 'Ashurst'?

8 May 2014 15:56

There is a lawyer performing in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

Junior corporate lawyer Sebastiano Paù-Lessi is representing Switzerland as his whistling fiddler alter ego "Sebalter".

8 May 2014 13:52

Junior solicitor releases rap album about how much he hated his training contract at top City firm

'Square Meal, Square Mile' details solicitor's unhappiness during TC at top 10 City outfit.

8 May 2014 09:06

Morning round-up: Thursday 8 May

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

8 May 2014 07:59

Legal pic of the day

Hot-on-the heels of Wankford v Wankford comes this puerile humour gem.

7 May 2014 15:54

Why lawyers need to shower more

Survey of City solicitors finds that they are at their most creative while showering.

7 May 2014 15:07

An anatomy of Kaplan’s doomed BPTC

Positioning itself as cool, unfussy and cheap would have made the Kaplan Law School Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) less vulnerable to competition from bigger rivals.

7 May 2014 09:08

Morning round-up: Wednesday 7 May

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

7 May 2014 08:12