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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...
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...
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...
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...
Unfunded pupillages are back
For ten years now, it has been compulsory for chambers to pay their pupils. But...
Has Sainsbury’s launched a legal services arm?
‘Sainsbury’s Legal’ doesn’t, of course, exist (yet), which makes this bail condition — which appeared...
Lawyers who submitted responses to legal aid consultation receive email telling them it was ‘deleted without being read’
Ever since it was confirmed that the Ministry of Justice had had 13,000 responses to...
Save UK Justice petition gets its 100,000th signature – pressure on government goes up a notch
A major House of Commons debate on the government’s proposals to reform legal aid is...
Don’t choose a career because it ‘sounds cool’ — but do cool things after you’ve chosen it
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
‘A golden opportunity to promote the cause of talent has been missed’
In not distinguishing between graduates of Russell Group and non-traditional universities, the Legal Education and...