Hey guys,
I just got my IELTS results (L: 7, R: 7, W: 6.5, S:8.5).

Well now, I have no idea how I ended up with such a low score in writing.
First, does anyone know if there is a possibility of having the British Council to take a second look at the writing. I paid them a 180 Euros and I am already a full qualified lawyer who works in English on a daily basis. It seems quite ridiculous to me, that I obtained only a 6.5 in writing. Listening and reading might depend on how well you are prepared for such mc-questions. But writing, come on, I wrote a proper essay using a large variety of vocabulary. The only mistakes I can imagine are spelling and maybe some grammar mistakes.

Second, what about waivers? I applied to LSE, Oxbridge and as a back-up at King's and UCL. LSE already repplied that a waiver is not likely. Does anyone know anything about Oxbridge?

a really pissed legal artist :-(

There's a second chance of having them take a look at your writing again. But as I've been informed, this can take up to eight weeks and it's very much unlikely that they'll change your final marks... On the waivers thing, I don't think that's possible. However, it's possible to meet the English language requirement with a 'conjunction of scores'. Meaning: if you take the IELTS once more and get the score required in the writing, but this time around you fail to get the score in, let's say, the listening section, I know of people who've been admitted on this basis, taking into account that put it all together, their score meets the English language requirement (the case that I'm talking about concerns mainly KCL). To wrap it up, try the IELTS once more...