Here at #ChalkeHistoryFestival and first lawyer gag I have heard in a while. Al Murray, pub landlord, last night, on our post-barrister PM, Sir Kier Star Trek: “We chose a lawyer - which is why everything takes 10 times longer and costs 50 times too much.”
June 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here at #ChalkeHistoryFestival and first lawyer gag I have heard in a while. Al Murray, pub landlord, last night, on our post-barrister PM, Sir Kier Star Trek: “We chose a lawyer - which is why everything takes 10 times longer and costs 50 times too much.”
Where has Reassuring Richard gone?
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Book review: Susskind's 'How To Think About AI' - Legal Cheek
Polly Botsford delves into Professor Richard Susskind's 'darker' latest book and wonders: 'Where has Reassuring Richard gone?'
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May 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Where has Reassuring Richard gone?
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Currently reading: How to think about AI by Richard Susskind for a @legalcheek.bsky.social review. Except I can’t think about AI on a sunny day in the garden.
April 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Currently reading: How to think about AI by Richard Susskind for a @legalcheek.bsky.social review. Except I can’t think about AI on a sunny day in the garden.
Fifty years ago today, the khmer rouge took over phnom penh. Here’s a brief reflection on the war crimes trial that convicted those leaders who were still alive www.ibanet.org/Assessing-ac...
Assessing accountability for Khmer Rouge atrocities 50 years after they came to power
Fifty years ago on 17 April 1975, the Khmer Rouge captured Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. Led by Pol Pot, the movement sought to create a Maoist, rural society.
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April 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Fifty years ago today, the khmer rouge took over phnom penh. Here’s a brief reflection on the war crimes trial that convicted those leaders who were still alive www.ibanet.org/Assessing-ac...
Supreme court decision in "What is a woman?" case. A statutory interpretation from the justices www.legalcheek.com/2025/04/supr...
Supreme Court rules ‘woman’ has biological meaning - Legal Cheek
Top judges unanimous decision that ‘man’ and ‘woman’ in UK equality legislation mean biological sex
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April 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Supreme court decision in "What is a woman?" case. A statutory interpretation from the justices www.legalcheek.com/2025/04/supr...
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Breaking News: Chief Justice John Roberts, in a rare statement, rebuked President Trump for calling for a judge’s impeachment.
Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump, Saying Impeaching Judges Over Rulings Is Improper
The chief justice rarely issues public statements. This one was reminiscent of another in 2018 defending judicial independence after the president criticized a different judge’s ruling.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Breaking News: Chief Justice John Roberts, in a rare statement, rebuked President Trump for calling for a judge’s impeachment.
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1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
An average of two legal cases each day accumulating against the Administration... www.legalcheek.com/2025/03/trum...
Trump’s executive orders under siege — but is he already winning? - Legal Cheek
As legal challenges mount, US President escalates his attack on law firms
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March 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
An average of two legal cases each day accumulating against the Administration... www.legalcheek.com/2025/03/trum...
“Being a lawyer should be a bar to being an MP.” And other thoughts from the Letters pages
February 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“Being a lawyer should be a bar to being an MP.” And other thoughts from the Letters pages
Lawyers' opportunity to share their thoughts on how stressed they are www.lawcare.org.uk/life-in-the-...
Life in the Law | Mental health and wellbeing research
Read our research study into how the culture and practice of law affect wellbeing.
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January 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Lawyers' opportunity to share their thoughts on how stressed they are www.lawcare.org.uk/life-in-the-...
TikTok vs USA oral arguments this Friday in SCOTUS
www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke... on whether new law on foreign ownership of businesses violates First Amendment (the free speech one). The US says it's not banning TikTok, only "foreign adversary control" of TikTok. It's gonna be interestin'!
www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke... on whether new law on foreign ownership of businesses violates First Amendment (the free speech one). The US says it's not banning TikTok, only "foreign adversary control" of TikTok. It's gonna be interestin'!
Docket for 24-656
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January 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
TikTok vs USA oral arguments this Friday in SCOTUS
www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke... on whether new law on foreign ownership of businesses violates First Amendment (the free speech one). The US says it's not banning TikTok, only "foreign adversary control" of TikTok. It's gonna be interestin'!
www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke... on whether new law on foreign ownership of businesses violates First Amendment (the free speech one). The US says it's not banning TikTok, only "foreign adversary control" of TikTok. It's gonna be interestin'!