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January 20th in Court, Law Society, Legal News, Legal Quotes, Politics by Editor .

Law Society Gets All Charles Dickens

Hard times and all that…

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January 20th in Bad Law, Court, Legal News, Personal Injury, Politics by Editor .

Quote of the Week: Ambulance Chasing

Last Tuesday a government minister stuck the knife in…

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September 20th in Humour, Politics, Regulation, Religion by Editor .

Topical Advertising Ban

With the publicity surrounding Pope’s visit, sensitivity to religious issues is high…

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September 8th in Bad Law, Civil Liberties, Culture, Politics, Stupid Laws by Editor .

Freedom of speech, propaganda and toilet paper

So smoking has been banned, bins get spied on and we have the odd CCTV camera knocking about but at least we aren’t stopped from doing this…

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September 7th in Careers, International, Legal Quotes, Politics by Editor .

“Suddenly everyone wanted to become a lawyer”

With law school applications at all time highs you’d be forgiven for thinking the quote applies now…

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August 25th in International, Law Society, Legal News, Politics by Editor .

Law Society Criticises Immigration Cap

Murmurs of discontent have been emanating from City firms and now the Law Society has waded in…

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May 20th in Constitutional Law, Current Affairs, Humour, Law Reform, Politics by Editor .

Do Lawmakers Really Care?

Nick Clegg certainly injected some passion into the leadership debates but what about the rest of them…?

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May 13th in Current Affairs, Legal News, Politics by Editor .

Ken Clarke for Justice Secretary

He seems to be a popular choice…

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May 11th in Careers, Extra Curricular, Politics by Editor .

Lawyer Winners and Losers in the General Election

It’s back to the old job for some and waiting on Nick Clegg to make up his mind for the others, well everyone really…

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May 5th in Careers, Extra Curricular, Politics by Editor .

The Lawyers Gunning for Election

A legal career just hasn’t made them unpopular enough…

April 27th in Legal News, Politics by Editor .

Record lawmaking steps up a gear for recession

We’ve had nearly 10 new laws per working day in the last 12 months…

April 19th in Allen & Overy, Court, International, Legal News, Politics, Scandal by Editor .

Goldman Sachs Sued, Politicians Smell Blood

The world of finance was left reeling on Friday following the SEC’s decision to sue Goldman Sachs…

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April 9th in Current Affairs, Legal News, National, Politics by Editor .

Too Many Laws, Too Much Fear?

About 4,000 new laws have entered the statute book in the lifetime of this parliament…

April 8th in Bad Law, Culture, Current Affairs, Legal News, National, Politics by Editor .

Digital Economy Bill passes through Wash-up

With no Fairy Liquid to remove the dirty bits…

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April 1st in Crime, Culture, Drugs, Lawyers, Legal News, National, Politics by Editor .

Legal Pussyfooting: Miaow Miaow Ban

The drug debate has come round again…

March 30th in Legal News, Politics, Scotland by Editor .

Scottish Solicitors Scuppering Their Legal Big Bang

Lawyers north of the border are having serious scuffles over deregulation…

March 26th in Barristers, Legal News, Politics by Editor .

Bovver for BNP Barrister

Robert Grierson, who attended the same Cambridge college as BNP leader, Nick Griffin, announced this week that he would represent the party in Sutton Coldfield…

March 24th in Law Reform, Legal News, Libel, Politics by Editor .

Libel Reform Gets Straw Force

Former Commons speaker Lord Martin might have stalled reform of libel success fees but Jack Straw shows some backbone…