Keir Starmer QC turns down Mishcon de Reya job
Labour MP and Shadow Brexit Sec declines City advisory role owing to ‘other commitments’
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Securing thin air: Can property rights arise in houses that were never built?
Hardwicke barrister Daniel Gatty explores the recent case of Eason v Wong
‘It should shame us all’: Why Charlie Gard’s parents were not entitled to legal aid
Government’s destruction of public funding budget takes spotlight
Judge Judy earned more money than Kim Kardashian-West last year
Her net worth is double that of the reality star
Debt dilemma: Bangor grad unable to collect first class law degree launches public appeal
Wannabe lawyer who worked as a toilet attendant to fund vac schemes in dire straits
Morning round-up: Tuesday 25 July
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
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8 tangible benefits that technology is bringing to law firms
Ahead of Pinsent Masons’ training contract application deadline on Friday, five lawyers and technologists at the famously tech-savvy firm consider how innovation is helping them
University of Law strikes training deal with RPC
International outfit finds new law school to develop its future legal talent
Cambridge law students prepare to launch cryptocurrency
Tech frenzy hits new heights
Senior partner at ‘family law specialists’ is a convicted paedophile on the sex offender register
He charges fixed fees for help with child contact and child support
Lancaster law graduate goes viral after posting touching tribute for mum who died during final year exams
‘One of the last things she told me was to make sure I finish with a first class’
Dentons enters Scotland with Maclay Murray & Spens tie-up
The biggest law firm in the world just got bigger
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Four key moments from ‘How to make it as a City lawyer’
Last minute TC application gold
Meet your new Supreme Court stars
Who are the judges appointed to the UK’s top bench?
A magic circle trainee’s ultra-sassy tweets have been exposed for all the legal world to see
‘Bruv I’ve been up 20 hours’
History made: Lady Hale to become first female president of the Supreme Court
Who run the world? Girls
Women are the ‘overlooked minority’ in the history of the Sexual Offences Act
It’s the statute’s 50th birthday, but should we be celebrating?
Judge quotes Game of Thrones character Tyrion Lannister in free speech ruling
A modern day Denning?
US outfit Vinson & Elkins rockets to very top of trainee pay table
Firm’s soon-to-be lawyers will earn £105,000 during their TC
White & Case hit with record £250,000 fine over conflict of interest breaches in Ukrainian oligarch case
A partner was also fined a further £50,000
‘I’m the person behind the Liz Truss and David Lidington parody accounts’
The mystery tweeter has a legal and political background
RPC posts solid 82% autumn retention result
NQs will be based in London, Bristol and Hong Kong
Chris Evans earns nine times as much as the Lord Chief Justice
The BBC reveals how much it pays its top talent — but how does this stack up against our most senior judges?
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Cyber crime: A bigger threat than terrorism?
Cyber attacks given same UK security threat ranking as earthquakes
An open letter to training contract applicants everywhere
Being commercial can make up for a lot, but only if you understand what lawyers are selling
ULaw apologises after ‘calculation error’ meant some BPTC students received incorrect mark
EXCLUSIVE: Bar results pulled and subsequently republished following blunder
Miss Universe 2017: Beauty queen representing Great Britain is a Nottingham University law student
She’s an aspiring human rights lawyer
Freshfields partner who joined the firm in 1984 reveals he’s quitting to pursue pupillage dream
Competition litigation expert Jon Lawrence is Brick Court bound
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What you don’t learn watching Suits
A Macfarlanes NQ, associate and partner discuss what they do on a deal
London law firm puts EU-r knowledge to the test with Brexit-themed crossword
Prepare to get frustrated
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Lancaster law graduate goes viral after posting touching tribute for mum who died during final year exams 
Senior partner at ‘family law specialists’ is a convicted paedophile on the sex offender register 
Debt dilemma: Bangor grad unable to collect first class law degree launches public appeal 
‘It should shame us all’: Why Charlie Gard’s parents were not entitled to legal aid 
Cambridge law students prepare to launch cryptocurrency
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