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Lord Justice Leveson takes time out from Oz backpacker trail to deliver speech on privacy...

7 December 2012 19:16

39 Essex Street Barrister Justine Thornton Unveils Her Christmas Card

Pictured alongside hubby Ed, a politician, and her two young sons, the Thornton family’s main...

7 December 2012 16:08

‘A barrister’s rhetorical flourishes can be seductive, but eventually they become an irritating distraction’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...

7 December 2012 11:40

NOT GUILTY: Trainee Solicitor Cleared Of Racial Abuse At Lap Dancing Club

The trainee solicitor accused of racially abusing a bouncer at a Leeds lap dancing club...

7 December 2012 10:13

Morning Round-Up: Friday 7 December

High Court judge accused of jumping red light tries to have case thrown out because...

7 December 2012 09:47

End Of The Day Round-Up

Dinah Rose QC’s husband responds to her “Marry a house-husband!” comment [Standard.co.uk] Latest on the...

6 December 2012 18:37

Power Shift To The (Mid-Level) People Set To Herald Rise Of The ‘Indie Lawyer’

Social media is giving individual solicitors and barristers a voice and helping them to develop...

6 December 2012 14:25

‘Part The Crowds, Barrister Coming Through!’ – The Real Reasons Behind The Bar’s Love Of Wigs And Gowns

It is easy to scoff at barristers in our itchy wigs and fraying gowns. Horse...

6 December 2012 11:27

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 6 December

Legal Cheek at the Google campus: in tweets via competing hashtags [#legalcheek #legalcheeklive] When Britain’s...

6 December 2012 09:41

End Of The Day Round-Up

Law student jailed after he attacked fellow undergraduate following row in lecture theatre [The Sentinel]...

5 December 2012 18:07