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Preliminary hearing takes place in a Magistrates Court car park with accused...
On Tuesday, in what is believed to be a legal first, an entire Magistrates' Court — including a district judge, court administration staff, prison officers and lawyers for the defence and prosecution...
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Named: The law firms with the most female lawyers and the law firms with the...
A comprehensive diversity survey contains some eye-catching results While women account for, on average, 56.5% of associates and 23.3% of partners, the ratios vary widely between firms — with a survey...
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Twitter trolls take over the Law Society
Escalating tensions at the Law Society — which is facing dissent from its members over the top brass' lack of resistance to legal aid cuts — has spawned two new Twitter accounts. Meet @fluck_nick and...
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‘I applied to every firm in my home town for a training contract and they all...
Rejection has proved a source of motivation for BPP chief Carl Lygo on his journey from a South Yorkshire comprehensive to the heights of legal education, via a stint at the Bar I am lucky. I was...
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Note to Guardian sub-editors: wrong procedure rules
Without wishing to appear pedantic...
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5 types of lawyer who are destroying the legal profession
WaitroseLaw identifies her least favourite legal personality types — and offers tips on how to handle them THE TWITTER-MAD BARRISTER The Bar has traditionally performed a vital social function by...
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May the day never come that a lawyer is forced to sing this G4S company rock...
Did you know that the global security company which lawyers fear could land a legal aid contract has a company rock song? The lyrics to G4S's stirring ballad, 'Securing Your World', are transcribed...
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How to land a training contract during the Graduate Diploma in Law
Legal Cheek's Alex Aldridge met University of Law employability programme manager Joanne Rourke and picked her brain on how wannabe lawyers can land a TC during the hectic year that is the GDL. Below...
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A lawyer’s commuting hell: distilled
Nobody enjoys commuting less than in-house lawyer Twitter sensation Legal Bizzle Has the journey to and from work caused you to feel this much hatred? A man with a constant hacking cough got on at...
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Ashurst senior associate to stand trial over death of motorcyclist
A young solicitor at City law firm Ashurst has been ordered to stand trial in February accused of killing a motorcyclist by careless driving. Alexandra Verzariu, 32, who works in the firm's corporate...
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Solicitor at top corporate firm is flogging GDL and LPC notes to hard-up...
EXCLUSIVE: A solicitor at leading law firm Kennedys is running a sideline selling law school notes to students online. Operating under the names of 'GDL Guru' and 'LPC Guru', Helen Neale charges...
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The 18 finest lawyer Movember tashes
Throughout the month we've been keeping track of the moustaches being grown by the nation's solicitors, barristers and clerks. Here are 14 of the best... Field Court Chambers barrister Rhys Hadden...
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‘The whole chargeable hours thing was a bit of a pain in the backside’
There’s a reason not many lawyers move back into practice after going in-house, says Mark Smith It was at law school when I got my first taste of the uncompromising law of supply and demand. All my...
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Law student sends multiple-claused note to neighbours warning them of party
Subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b) from this note sent over the weekend are particular highlights...
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How training contract offers looked in the 90s
Over the weekend BKRW Solicitors' Oliver Kirk tweeted this picture (see below) of his training contract offer — from 1993. The bit about the coal is a joke, right? Follow @Kirkabout
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Just when you thought national newspaper picture editors couldn’t select a...
They've all been at it lately. Last month the Guardian committed the relatively minor offence of illustrating a story about criminal barristers with a picture of the Civil Procedure Rules. Next The...
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Ashurst senior associate to stand trial over death of motorcyclist
A young solicitor at City law firm Ashurst has been ordered to stand trial in February accused of killing a motorcyclist by careless driving. Alexandra Verzariu, 32, who works in the firm's corporate...
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Solicitor at top corporate firm is flogging GDL and LPC notes to hard-up...
EXCLUSIVE: A solicitor at leading law firm Kennedys is running a sideline selling law school notes to students online. Operating under the names of 'GDL Guru' and 'LPC Guru', Helen Neale charges...
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The 16 finest lawyer Movember tashes
Throughout the month we've been keeping track of the moustaches being grown by the nation's solicitors, barristers and clerks. Here are 16 of the best... Field Court Chambers barrister Rhys Hadden...
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‘The whole chargeable hours thing was a bit of a pain in the backside’
There’s a reason not many lawyers move back into practice after going in-house, says Mark Smith It was at law school when I got my first taste of the uncompromising law of supply and demand. All my...
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