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Hopes of an all-solicitor Masterchef final are dashed
There was a moment in Friday's night's Masterchef quarter final when it looked like Morgan Cole solicitor Larkin Cen and ex-Greenwoods solicitor Rukimi Iyer would both march triumphantly into the BBC...
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Leaked CPS email details security breaches in robing room strewn with 999...
Judging by an email leaked to us over the weekend, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) room at Nottingham Magistrates' Court is in quite a state. The most serious issues outlined in the email, which...
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When tweeting from a law firm Twitter account, be sure not to wish ‘death to...
A Canadian criminal lawyer is at the heart of a media storm after several highly offensive tweets referring to the Boston bombing were posted from a law firm Twitter account that he is believed to...
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That's a silly definition. Many solicitors are highly specialised. A better analogy would be that solicitors are like MPs in the commons, they wear no-nonsense grey suits, do the nitty gritty work and...
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Caseb there demonstrating the complete lack of any understanding of legal practice: one wonders what qualifies to make such an attack. The comparison to GPs and Consultants is one routinely used by...
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So many solicitors are now taking work from the junior bar at least, GPs are not in competition with Consultants in this fashion, the analogy is totally inappropriate. The clever money now is on the...
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‘How Dare You Submit An Exhibit Which Has Been Stapled Not Tied?’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the 'If I knew then what I know now' series, where leading members of the legal profession share their wisdom with the next generation of wannabes. I don’t interview...
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Podcast: Why Wannabe Barristers Should Do Their Time As Paralegals Before...
The path from the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to paralegal purgatory is a well trodden one. Sadly, most of those purgatory-dwellers never make it to pupillage heaven. But what if you were...
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Who Needs Chambers And Partners When You’ve Got Siralan?
Experts have been predicting the demise of legal directories for years. But market leading duo Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 have marched on, successfully navigating first the advent of the...
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The Home Office’s Spelling And Punctuation Shame (In A Press Release About...
As spotted by 1 Crown Office Row barrister Adam Wagner.
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Hopes of an all-solicitor Masterchef final are dashed
There was a moment in Friday's night's Masterchef quarter final when it looked like Morgan Cole solicitor Larkin Cen and ex-Greenwoods solicitor Rukimi Iyer would both march triumphantly into the BBC...
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Leaked CPS email details security breaches in robing room strewn with 999...
Judging by an email leaked to us over the weekend, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) room at Nottingham Magistrates' Court is in quite a state. The most serious issues outlined in the email, which...
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When tweeting from a law firm Twitter account, be sure not to wish ‘death to...
A Canadian criminal lawyer is at the heart of a media storm after several highly offensive tweets referring to the Boston bombing were posted from a law firm Twitter account that he is believed to...
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How not to become a smart casualty at a law firm open day
Is smart casual a trap? A law firm "encourages" me to turn up for their open day tomorrow in smart casual dress. Is this a trap?! #Lawstudentproblems — Alex Lau (@AlexOfTheDay) April 15, 2013 The...
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Meet ‘Failing Grayling’, the Justice Secretary’s Nutshells-reliant Twitter...
A mystery tweeter has spent the week entertaining the legal Twittersphere with a spoof account ridiculing Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. Despite only launching on Monday, @FailingGrayling has...
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Say no to drugs, kids, and become a commercial lawyer instead
Ed note: In the latest post in the 'If I knew then what I know now' series, Britain's best-known anonymous solicitor, Legal Bizzle, recalls how an "expedient late-20s job became a career" – and so...
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Newspapers’ categorisation of lawyers: a cut-out-and-keep guide
When The Observer conferred silk upon 'Loverson' barrister David Sherborne (who's not a QC) on Sunday, it was conforming to an age old media transition of mis-describing lawyers' rank. Happily, as...
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TV Edwards lets paralegals go weeks after shelling out for their police...
Exclusive: In the latest sign of how hard law firms are being hit by government reforms to legal aid, leading criminal outfit TV Edwards has been forced to let two paralegals go just weeks after it had...
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The spelling and grammar shame of Apprentice contestant’s new legal brand
While Dynamo Legal founder Alex Mills has great eyebrows, the 22 year-old entrepreneur – who's a contestant on the new series of The Apprentice – doesn't seem so gifted in the spelling and grammar...
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