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• Business class passenger claiming to be a ‘f**king international lawyer’ filmed verbally abusing cabin crew after being refused more booze
  The incident occurred on an Air India flight from Mumbai to London on Saturday The post Business class passenger claiming to be a ‘f**king international lawyer’ filmed verbally abusing cabin crew after being refused more booze appeared first on Legal Cheek.
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• Final legal advice on Brexit to be disclosed to MPs
  'Legal professional privilege' gets rare airtime in Commons The post Final legal advice on Brexit to be disclosed to MPs appeared first on Legal Cheek.
  Polly Botsford
• Solicitor dresses up as Legally Blonde’s Elle Woods for ‘best fictional lawyer’ event
  Outfit included fluffy pup The post Solicitor dresses up as Legally Blonde’s Elle Woods for ‘best fictional lawyer’ event appeared first on Legal Cheek.
  Aishah Hussain
• Eversheds Sutherland rolls out Facebook-style app letting lawyers ‘share, like and rate’ innovation ideas
  Firm's staff can also request solutions to specific problems The post Eversheds Sutherland rolls out Facebook-style app letting lawyers ‘share, like and rate’ innovation ideas appeared first on Legal Cheek.
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• First ever law scholarship for STEM students unveiled
  STEM Future Lawyers joins forces with BPP University Law School to launch GDL scholarship for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) students The post First ever law scholarship for STEM students unveiled appeared first on Legal Cheek.
  Legal Cheek Reporter
• Junior solicitor whose hair fell out as she struggled to meet billing targets struck off after successful SRA appeal
  Sovani James handed two-year ban earlier this year for faking documents The post Junior solicitor whose hair fell out as she struggled to meet billing targets struck off after successful SRA appeal appeared first on Legal Cheek.
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• Court of Appeal to be live-streamed for the first time this week
  Pilot case concerns West Ham United The post Court of Appeal to be live-streamed for the first time this week appeared first on Legal Cheek.
  Aishah Hussain
• Sidley Austin lawyer’s widow reveals how work pressures pushed her husband to suicide in heartbreaking open letter
  Gabe MacConaill committed suicide in the carpark of the firm's Los Angeles office last month The post Sidley Austin lawyer’s widow reveals how work pressures pushed her husband to suicide in heartbreaking open letter appeared first on Legal Cheek.
  Thomas Connelly
• Bar Council launches support hotline for stressed barristers
  New wellbeing initiative also includes self-help programmes, fact sheets and videos The post Bar Council launches support hotline for stressed barristers appeared first on Legal Cheek.
  Thomas Connelly
• Blackstone Chambers QC faces House of Lords suspension over sexual harassment claims
  Lord Lester described the allegations as 'completely untrue' The post Blackstone Chambers QC faces House of Lords suspension over sexual harassment claims appeared first on Legal Cheek.
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