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The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
BPP installs new boss as rumours swirl about outgoing chief joining ULaw
Andrew Chadwick appointed law school dean
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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Hardwicke barrister Daniel Gatty explores the recent case of Eason v Wong
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Government’s destruction of public funding budget takes spotlight
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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
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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’
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A magic circle trainee’s ultra-sassy tweets have been exposed for all the legal world to see
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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’
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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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