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Three lawyers feature in The Independent’s ‘Pink List’ 2013

The legal profession is healthily represented in this year’s ‘Pink List’, with three of its...

14 October 2013 08:32

Morning round-up: Monday 14 October

GCHQ accused of monitoring privileged emails between lawyers and clients [The Guardian] We need a...

14 October 2013 07:49

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

1. Top judge tells solicitor that his romantic emails to glamour model ‘would not necessarily...

12 October 2013 13:45

End of the day round-up

Ban on Oxbridge hopefuls applying to both Oxford and Cambridge may breach EU competition law...

11 October 2013 16:16

‘Although the choices you make in your twenties matter, they are rarely life threatening’

Barrister-turned-cartoonist Alex Williams feared expulsion when he cheated on a piece of work that his...

11 October 2013 11:04

Why trying to persuade a judge that the authority of the law doesn’t apply to you isn’t such a good court tactic

Since enjoying a flurry of publicity after this memorable attempt to arrest a judge (see...

11 October 2013 09:08

Morning round-up: Friday 11 October

Leveson’s anger as MP questions him over lawyers’ affair [Mail Online] UK asylum seekers “told...

11 October 2013 08:08

End of the day round-up

Female lawyers earn a third less than males [The Lawyer] War criminal Charles Taylor to...

10 October 2013 16:12

Cocaine-fuelled bullying incident comes back to haunt Kingsley Napley solicitor

Dave Rowntree, the former Blur drummer who recently qualified as a solicitor at Kingsley Napley,...

10 October 2013 13:59

If I knew then what I know now — at the Google Campus

This evening’s event is fully booked — but any returns will be available on the...

10 October 2013 13:29