Author: Angus Simpson

David Cameron in talks to join DLA Piper
New role for former Prime Minister?

TikTok lawyer charged with money laundering
Akhmed Yakoob boasts over 200k social media followers

Hertfordshire law students conduct mock hearings with real prisoners
Helping prisoners understand parole and reduce re-offending

SRA hits law firm owner with record £4 million fine
Dishonesty impacted thousands

Lawyers gear up for London Legal Walk
17 June 🚶

Future law student asks internet whether it’s OK to be a stripper
'Law firms like people with customer facing previous experience'

New legal drama to star Kim Kardashian as divorce lawyer
All's Fair airs this Autumn

Ex-Eversheds employee barred after invoicing for pro bono work
‘Hot-headed’ misconduct

UCL law school takes on ‘AI slop’ with assessment overhaul
University College London will ensure most law assessments are artificial intelligence-proof

NRF hands junior lawyers £500 to schmooze clients
Drinks are on Norton Rose Fulbright

Judge fury after ‘fake’ cases cited by rookie barrister in High Court
"I consider that it would have been negligent for this barrister, if she used AI and did not check it, to put that text into her pleading," says Mr Justice Ritchie

Do supermarkets make partners from the law firms they instruct work on their tills?
Because the partners are certainly keen

Oxford law student jailed for modern slavery offences
PhD candidate and UN judge faces over six years behind bars

SRA approves ‘AI-driven’ law firm
A ‘landmark moment’ for legal services

Lawyer who quit Skadden over Trump deal joins new firm
Rachel Cohen joins new firm poised to challenge presidential actions

Law firm bets that too many Cookes won’t spoil the broth as it hires founder’s sons
Ashley and Hayden join dad Darryl at gunnercooke as joint chiefs of staff

Fieldfisher avoids contempt of court penalty after PR howler
Embargo confusion after draft judgment was sent to press

Linklaters ex-L&D boss appointed chief exec of City of London Law Society
Patrick McCann to lead influential professional body

WhatsApp messages constitute a contract, judge rules
Doesn't matter that it's informal

Kaplan’s use of AI for SQE ‘question development’ comes under scrutiny amid US Bar row
Company informs Legal Cheek that no questions generated by AI are used in SQE assessments