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Vardag cuts romantic pre-nup on eve of legal profession wedding of the century
It was traumatic and shoes were hurled from windows, but eventually the country’s “top” divorce lawyer was able to sign her own fail-safe document Britain’s “top divorce” lawyer just can’t resist...
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Is that a former Blue Peter presenter banging on about the Human Rights Act?
Sadly, no — it’s an MP instead. But a recent City of London event on whether the law should be scrapped still generates volatile and at times polarised debate. On which side of the fence do you stand?...
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7 spectacular legal typos
When jargon goes very wrong indeed… “Raised hips locked together” The fast-developing practice area of “tinted bi-fraud” Alternative careers: a dog “Post-dramatic disorder” A fractured “cock six” The...
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Articles in The Independent, The Telegraph and The Guardian about Robert Sayer — who described an individual backing his Law Society rival as “a piece of dog turd on your shoe” — disappear from search...
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No computers, smoking in the office and a comment about a female trainee’s...
Someone has put a video on YouTube that was filmed inside top City law firm Slaughter and May in 1981. We’ve broken down the best bits of the 23 minute journey back in time into animated gifs and...
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11 tweets from the #hipsterlaw hashtag that are probably too hilariously...
A hashtag spawned by Sean Jones QC — of advice-to-George-Clooney-on-marrying-a-barrister fame — took off this morning. ‘Fixie fees’ ‘We read the Magna Carta before it was cool’ So over Lord Sumption So...
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LPC applications fall by 10% despite 8% rise in training contracts
Decline in LPC applications suggests that students don’t believe recent increase in training contract numbers will be sustained. The number of students applying for a place on this year’s Legal...
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Law firm’s weird blog post about Luis Suarez bite annoys everyone
Attempt to write something memorable backfires spectacularly. Birmingham law firm SGH Martineau has been forced to revise a blog post in which it compares the tendency of Uruguayan footballer Luis...
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Judge Dread’s coming to town
A candidate for the bench in the home of country music bears some striking resemblances to the man with the Lawgiver pistol and purveyor of summary executions Lawyers in their 40s know not to mess with...
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Law Society lays on rubber chicken for only 250 notes per head at...
Despite trying to pitch categories at high street and younger lawyers, only City slickers look likely to afford Chancery Lane’s gala event In Woody Allen’s classic 1977 film “Annie Hall”, the lead...
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This lawyer who only wears the Brazil team colours may have been hit...
Sao Paulo lawyer also has yellow and green office, a yellow and green car and only eats yellow and green food — but for how much longer? As his country hangs its head in shame after last night’s 7-1...
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Law, a hand grenade and two (not) smoking barrels — life in southwest London...
Staff at high street solicitors’ practice unearth a disused mini-arsenal as they go round with dustpan and brush A law firm in a sleepy southwest London suburb was in danger of becoming one of the most...
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8 key moments from ‘Come Dine With Me’ with ‘Britain’s top divorce lawyer’...
Queen of Pre-nups Ayesha Vardag and her new hubby Stephen Bence — both of London law firm Vardags — made an unexpected appearance as contestants on hit Channel Four show ‘Couples Come Dine With Me’...
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Revealed: Where the stars of that 1981 Slaughter and May video are today
33 years on, one Slaughter and May home video star is still at the firm, another is at Herbert Smith Freehills, while the solicitor behind (and at times in front of) the camera has left the law...
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Law Society undercuts Wetherspoons in bid to become cheapest boozer in London
Calling all students, trainee solicitors, hard-pressed pupils, struggling legal aid lawyers, general dole loafers and functioning alcoholics: the Law Society is flogging pints of Stella for £2.85!...
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Oxbridge and Russell Group graduates dominate latest trainee intake of top...
21% of 2013 trainees are Oxbridge, 58% are Russell Group — only 15% went to other unis, with 6% studying abroad. Top law firms’ strong preference for graduates of the nation’s most illustrious...
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Wannabe solicitor’s pigeon selfie job plea goes viral — responses roll in
Facebook post by Liverpool John Moores law graduate has over 7,000 likes and almost 5,000 shares — and sees her inundated with responses. Last week a 22 year-old law graduate called Aimee Pye posted...
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We are holding a myth-busting Twitter Q&A about training contract...
Advice from, amongst others, Norton Rose Fulbright, Mayer Brown and Aspiring Solicitors in hour-long session that is open to all. With the training contract deadline for most big law firms at the end...
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Training contracts in Wales — get ready for a spot of hazing
High street law firm newbies kitted out in silly clobber while the skateboarder from Dirty Sanchez takes over business development Any trainee solicitor can attest to the utter tedium of the job — hour...
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In his own words: solicitor behind the viral 1981 Slaughter and May video on...
James Mitchell — whose extraordinary video of Slaughter and May 33 years ago went viral after being unearthed by Legal Cheek — recalls magic circle life in the dark ages. I arrived at Slaughter and May...
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