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This claim by a self-published author alleging that Frozen stole her life...
Optimistic lawsuit of the week The creators of animated blockbuster Frozen are being sued for over £150 million after a woman claimed it was based on her life story. Latin American writer Isabella...
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Research: lawyers viewed as warmly as sex workers
A mind boggling Venn diagram shows that the legal profession and the oldest profession are despised equally It’s difficult to know who in this story should get more sympathy — prostitutes or lawyers. A...
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Keira Knightley clearly doesn’t realise how hard it is to get a training...
Actress says she’d advise her daughter to be a lawyer to avoid the “heartbreaking rejection” of life as an actor. Hmmm… Hollywood star Keira Knightley has given an interview to the latest edition of...
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Are Amal and George just as shameless as Kim and Kanye? Probably
Your Barrister Boyfriend co-creator Natalia Naish is faintly repulsed at the Amal Alammudin-George Clooney wedding It is easy to get caught up in the glamour of George Clooney and Amal Alammudin’s...
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Sir John Walsh of Branagh’s CV may be even more spectacular than Lord Harley...
Aussie barrister in challenge to Lancashire solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker (aka Lord Harley of Counsel) for crown of best CV on the internet Legal Cheek presents Sir John Walsh of Brannagh — the...
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The 9 best humble-brags from lawyers as latest Legal 500 directory hits streets
As sure as night follows day, solicitors, barristers and law firms greet the release of the latest league table with the odd dollop of false humility Two of the biggest feeding frenzies in the British...
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Addleshaw latest firm to release trainee retention figures — hitting 82%
National player retains marginally more autumn qualifiers than most rivals in further sign of tentative graduate recruitment market recovery UK top-25 law firm Addleshaw Goddard announced today that it...
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‘Glamorous solicitor’ to be a contestant on this year’s The Apprentice
Lawyer announces that she’ll be appearing in hit BBC show with a swipe at fellow members of the legal profession The tenth series of hit BBC show The Apprentice will feature a solicitor, it was...
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Event: How to survive — and even thrive — in a changing legal market
Free Legal Cheek Careers event at Gray’s Inn featuring a panel of leading barristers and solicitors — open to all law students and junior lawyers On the evening of Tuesday 21 October a panel of leading...
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There are two solicitors on The Apprentice 2014 — and one is ex-Slaughter and...
St Albans family lawyer Lauren Riley and ex-Slaughter and May associate Felipe Alviar-Baquero to battle it out before Sir Alan in this year’s show Yesterday we reported that this year’s The Apprentice...
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Why it’s not a good idea for lawyers to peruse work documents over fast-food
That man looking over your shoulder could be a tabloid hack — and, worse still, the legal document could be about him BCL Burton Copeland partner Jane Glass may be regretting her decision to peruse...
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Lawyers work most hours and are more loyal than anyone else
Members of the legal profession are wonderful employees Lawyers work longer hours and are more likely to stay in their current job than other professionals, research has found. 42% of lawyers put in 50...
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Research: Some City firms are not as white and male as you might think — but...
Exclusive Legal Cheek research reveals striking disconnect between representation of women at associate and partner levels alongside vastly different attitudes towards hiring ethnic minority lawyers...
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Twitter row rumbles over of meaning of ‘lawyer’
A leading media rent-a-quote merchant reckons as long as you can say the word, you can adopt the title Defining “lawyer” can be a tricky business — especially with the advent of alternative business...
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Come ride in my lime green Lamborghini, says law firm boss
Solicitors’ firm chief exec loves his car so much that he wants to share it. But surely the Law Society should know better? Lawyers hate being called fat cats. And to be fair, many of them — especially...
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Meet the puppy who doesn’t bark in court — and helps a diabetic...
So fluffy, such Goldendoodle The highly-ordered world of the courtroom can be a challenge for animals — as our recent report about a miniature horse relieving itself during a hearing in the US...
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5 things I wish I’d known about being a City lawyer when I was starting out
Hogan Lovells financial services litigation partner Louise Lamb — who’ll be speaking at ‘How to survive in a changing legal market — Legal Cheek at Gray’s Inn’ — shares some legal life hacks When I was...
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Legal pic of the day
San Marino midfielder Michele Cervellini, who will face England tonight at Wembley in a Euro 2016 qualifier, is a lawyer Image via San Marino World The Law Society of England and Wales has sent...
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The language of the legal directory: decoded — 2014 edition
Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500 Every year, the people who know the people who buy lunch for the people who write the Legal 500 are no doubt pleased to be listed — but...
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Another firm closes doors to wannabe trainees who haven’t done its vac scheme
In a tough graduate job market, Mishcon de Reya has calculated that it can afford to make all new recruits do a placement at the firm The trend among big law firms to hire growing proportions of...
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