Distilling some droplets from the legal ether, here are some points of interest for the week.

One law firm ends up in hot water after it moves to dismiss a trainee for gross miscunduct – a Sheffield Employment Tribunal last week ruled that a Manchester firm, Express Solicitors, was in breach of the terms of a training contract when it dismissed trainee solicitor Iain Montgomery for ‘gross misconduct’ last year. See the Gazette for more.

Bernie Ecclestone has a change of heart and spurns Withers in favour of Manches’ Helen Ward who represented Guy Ritchie in his divorce from Madonna. According to The Lawyer the split from Withers is understood to have been amicable. With Ecclestone worth an estimated £2.4bn the divorce could become the largest divorce settlement in history.

The law schools are still battling it out to sign firms up to exclusive contracts for the provision of the LPC. Pinsent Masons has signed a deal with the College of Law to send its trainees there for the next five years. Meanwhile Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has signed a deal to send its trainees to BPP law school from September of this year.

And some cheeky ones for a bit of light amusement…

Toy Helicopter used in ‘Prison Drugs Drop’ – Guards raised the alarm after the remote control toy was seen zooming over the walls of Elmley Prison at night time.

Fugitive discovered under mum’s bed : A 39-year-old man on the run for robbery in Romania has been found after four years – hiding under his mother’s bed.

Toddler ‘Grasses Up’ Dad – A Canadian marijuana grower was busted – after his 11-month-old son called the police. The 29-year-old man had given the little boy a phone to play with, reports the Globe and Mail. And the little lad accidentally dialled ‘911′ bringing mounties calling to their home in White Rock, British Columbia. Whoops….