Author: conor-james-mckinney

COVID-19: Meet the Queen Mary law student working on the frontline

Megan Evers puts healthcare experience to good use during pandemic

May 14 2020 11:33am

Call for pupillage candidates to get more emotional support

Junior barrister Malvika Jaganmohan urges chambers to ditch 'rejection by silence' as she reflects on her own personal battles in candid blog post

May 7 2020 8:37am

Bar Council clarifies position on whether law centres are proper lawyers

Statement on coronavirus funding sparks commotion online

May 6 2020 1:49pm

Surrey man ordered to hand over ‘sidleylawyers’ domain name to Sidley Austin

Anil Mannick wanted US law firm to pay him £2,400 for web address

May 1 2020 1:06pm

Dechert partner refused stay in case against former client accused of spying on him

Latest development in tangled legal battle between Neil Gerrard and mining firm he used to represent

Apr 30 2020 10:30am
Supreme Court Lady Hale

Lady Hale uses lockdown to write her memoirs

The former Supreme Court president has secured a two-book deal

Apr 24 2020 12:55pm

Solicitor struck off after losing work briefcase launches appeal crowdfunder

Claire Louise Matthews now has a pro bono legal team after going unrepresented at disciplinary hearing

Apr 22 2020 11:09am

Don’t furlough staff to protect profits, ex-magic circle partner warns

Former Linklaters lawyer warns bosses not to leap straight for taxpayer cash

Apr 16 2020 9:20am

Paralegal loses job after saying Boris Johnson ‘completely deserves’ COVID-19

Criminal defence firm VHS Fletchers disowns former employee

Apr 9 2020 1:09pm

Veteran family law barrister suspended for twice breaking family court injunction

Sami Ur Rahman convicted of breaching non-molestation order taken out by ex-girlfriend

Apr 8 2020 3:40pm

Coronavirus has got nothing on the 2008 financial crisis, says ex-Clifford Chance boss

Tony Williams reckons the pandemic is less of a threat to law firms than the crash

Apr 7 2020 9:18am

Newly qualified solicitor struck off over lost work briefcase

Junior lawyer's fate was sealed when she lied to colleagues about the incident

Apr 6 2020 2:26pm

Drunk deputy head of chambers headbutted junior female colleague outside Calvin Klein underwear store

Details of assault conviction for suspended Rashid Ahmed now revealed

Apr 1 2020 11:14am

Lawyers working from home urged to donate commute savings to COVID-19 charities

Herbert Smith Freehills associate says City professionals are inadvertently saving up to 13 quid a day

Mar 30 2020 9:16am

LPC exam delays will have ‘serious implications’ for training contract holders, junior lawyers warn

Junior Lawyers Division offers up alternatives including online exams and coursework

Mar 24 2020 10:59am

LPC and BPTC students urge regulators not to delay exams amid virus pandemic

Petitions demand that wannabe lawyers be allowed to take assessments at home

Mar 19 2020 9:10am

Criminal barristers ask for early billing to ease potential cashflow crises

Coronavirus: Criminal Bar Association wants barristers to be paid before trials are over

Mar 17 2020 11:55am

IBA: Assange treatment during extradition hearing ‘reminiscent of Abu Ghraib’ prison scandal

International Bar Assocation compares Wikileaks founder's 'mistreatment' to torture of Iraqi detainees

Mar 16 2020 9:34am

66-year-old solicitor removed from profession for trying to kiss teenage girl in pub

William Herbert Black struck off over 'thoroughly unpleasant incident'

Mar 12 2020 10:25am

How Donoghue v Stevenson can help prevent coronavirus

Reciting key passage from tort law classic hits recommended hand washing target of 20 seconds

Mar 10 2020 12:25pm

Fox baseball bat QC avoids prosecution

RSPCA says that 'findings indicate the fox was killed swiftly' by Jolyon Maugham

Mar 5 2020 4:07pm