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How to tell your parents that you failed your exams

Simple: present them with some even worse news to soften the blow… Hat tip to...

17 July 2013 13:21

‘Your Barrister Boyfriend’ Tumblr names ‘the 21 hottest barristers in London’

A Tumblr called YourBarristerBoyfriend has produced what it terms “the first ever official Barrister Hottie...

17 July 2013 09:03

Morning round-up: Wednesday 17 July

Now it’s Stobart Solicitors as well after SRA grants ABS licence [Legal Futures] Will Frankie...

17 July 2013 08:07

All the ‘common sense’ BCAT does is increase the cost of qualifying as a barrister

Having just sat the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) — which must be taken by...

16 July 2013 13:14

Yet another top barrister quits Tooks…

The exodus began last autumn when Tim Moloney QC, Adrian Waterman QC and Tatyana Eatwell...

16 July 2013 09:15

Do the lawyers who are demanding that @Pippatips be deleted understand Twitter?

According to The Independent, Harbottle & Lewis is demanding, on behalf of Pippa Middleton, that...

15 July 2013 13:58

Lawyer sues Apple for letting him access porn after typing error

US lawyer Chris Sevier has filed a claim against Apple for failing to protect him...

15 July 2013 11:00

Spoof Lord Chief Justice application by Lord Justice Moses (aged 67½) — the full text

On Friday the Law Society Gazette‘s Catherine Baksi reported that Court of Appeal judge Sir...

15 July 2013 08:45

Name that UK Supreme Court Justice

The 12 UK Supreme Court judges may not rack up Justin Bieber levels of views...

12 July 2013 14:11

‘If I knew then what I know now… I’d be on my hands and knees begging my younger self not to become a criminal barrister’

The criminal Bar no longer offers a path to a nice middle class lifestyle, but...

12 July 2013 10:04