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This is how broke criminal barristers are

A divorce law barrister has posted a series of tweets laying bare just how broke...

15 October 2013 09:10

Morning round-up: Tuesday 15 October

Attorney General: Britain’s “economic, physical and ethical well-being” depends on it playing an “active part”...

15 October 2013 07:57

End of the day round-up

Baroness Hale to speak at (free) social mobility in legal aid event on Wednesday 30...

14 October 2013 16:11

A guide to determining which type of fat cat lawyer the Daily Mail thinks you are

Blackfriars Chambers criminal barrister John Mack has created this useful cut-out-and-keep guide (click on image...

14 October 2013 09:26

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