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Would you admit to being the legal adviser on BBC drama Silk?

New series of Silk is the most unrealistic yet, despite guidance from top QC.

25 February 2014 10:23

Stricken Renaissance Chambers will ‘look after’ its baby barristers ahead of dissolution

Set's priority to find new homes for in-coming pupil and current first-sixer, but mini-pupillage applicants to be disappointed.

24 February 2014 17:01

Linklaters courts controversy by backing cheerleading

Like sports and equalities minister Helen Grant, magic circle firm Linklaters is pro-cheerleading.

24 February 2014 13:49

The car park in Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking is being demolished

Lord Denning fans will be sad to hear that the car park which featured in the famous Court of Appeal exclusion clause case is no more.

24 February 2014 09:31

Morning round-up: Monday 24 February

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

24 February 2014 07:57

Immigration solicitors on naughty step as 4 law firms receive High Court rebuke

A vintage few months for judicial spankings has yielded yet another lawyer takedown — and...

21 February 2014 09:23

Morning round-up: Friday 21 February

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

21 February 2014 07:55

A journey through a pimped-up legal profession with gangsta app Gizoogle

Gizoogle is a gangsta version of Google, through which a pimped-up version of the internet can be accessed. The lawyers who populate this realm do things differently.

20 February 2014 11:30

Your Barrister Boyfriend names the 9 ‘hottest’ new QCs

Tumblr sensation publishes list of the "hottest" lawyers who became QCs yesterday.

20 February 2014 09:25

Morning round-up: Thursday 20 February

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

20 February 2014 07:58