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Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories

1. How can you tell what type of lawyer you’re destined to be? 2. 14...

26 October 2013 10:24

End of the day round-up

Woman who lives with horse to sue council [The Scotsman] Juror facing contempt charge for...

25 October 2013 16:18

‘If I had known what strange paths life can take you down, I would have been far less depressed at my prospects’

Does it really matter if you don’t know what to do with your life? Perhaps...

25 October 2013 12:32

‘Don’t giggle’ and Don’t ‘show cleavage’: Clifford Chance female presentation tips email causes outrage

A memo providing gender-specific advice on public speaking has caused anger among female Clifford Chance...

25 October 2013 09:49

Pupillage-less Bar grad who used ‘barrister’ title to commit massive fraud is struck off

A Bar graduate who failed to secure pupillage has been stripped of the right to...

25 October 2013 08:10

Morning round-up: Friday 25 October

Ambitious defence of the week: £40,000 worth of cannabis grown in Littledean home “was for...

25 October 2013 07:54

End of the day round-up

Did the BBC breach copyright by “stealing chunks” of Alex Ferguson’s book? [The IPKat] BBC...

24 October 2013 17:16

Procrastination: a jaded solicitors’ guide

Once the sheer relief of having a job in a shrinking market has worn off,...

24 October 2013 14:03

The 19 stages of the BPTC

A journey through the sorrow and the joy of the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)...

24 October 2013 09:46

Morning round-up: Thursday 24 October

Barristers wrestle defendant to ground after he escapes from dock at Teeside Crown Court [The...

24 October 2013 08:18