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Spotted in the Temple: the filming of Silk series 3 — and Rupert Penry-Jones isn’t happy

The good news for actor Rupert Penry-Jones, who plays barrister Clive Reader in hit BBC...

8 July 2013 08:59

‘Would I really be happy being told what to do by a 25 year-old?’

After quitting his job as an art history lecturer to retrain as a lawyer ten...

5 July 2013 12:25

Are there really no lawyers called Charmaine or Kylie?

Ex-Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins reckons that the legal profession is an area of life that...

5 July 2013 10:22

Law Society ditches ‘legal executive of the year’ prize as new path emerges to rival training contract

For the first time since 2008 there will be no ‘legal executive of the year’...

4 July 2013 14:42

John McCririck’s use of anti-discrimination legislation heralds the end of irony

Legal Cheek’s new columnist WaitroseLaw is dismayed by John McCririck’s use of a forthcoming employment...

4 July 2013 12:44

Witness testifies via Skype in live televised trial: what could possibly go wrong?

When, yesterday, the prosecuting lawyer in the high profile Zimmerman trial called witness Scott Pleasants...

4 July 2013 08:37

Why voicemail is an imperfect medium for threatening to kill one’s former colleagues

A junior lawyer who lost his job at top US firm Bryan Cave is facing...

3 July 2013 09:13

The Guardian’s advice to this wannabe lawyer is really bad

The ‘work’ section of Saturday’s The Guardian featured a plea for help from a wannabe...

2 July 2013 12:51

Unfunded pupillages are back

For ten years now, it has been compulsory for chambers to pay their pupils. But...

2 July 2013 09:07

Has Sainsbury’s launched a legal services arm?

‘Sainsbury’s Legal’ doesn’t, of course, exist (yet), which makes this bail condition — which appeared...

1 July 2013 15:17