Author: conor-james-mckinney

Life as a junior lawyer with autism

Reed Smith associate Jonathan Andrews sheds light on some of the positive attributes

Mar 5 2020 2:40pm

The websites charging barrister hopefuls as much as £200 an hour for pupillage interview advice

Exclusive: A handy leg-up for those who can afford it

Mar 3 2020 8:50am

Barrister fails to overturn £1,000 fine for ‘racially charged’ tweet

High Court rejects argument Twitter is 'famously rude and offensive'

Mar 2 2020 11:24am

Court of Appeal judges pause Heathrow expansion on climate change grounds

Government must now formally reconsider third runway, this time factoring in the Paris climate agreement

Feb 27 2020 12:38pm

From partner to pizzeria: ex-Clifford Chance lawyer opens up on life as restaurateur

Katrina Allison moved to Cumbria aged 46 after tiring of commercial litigation

Feb 20 2020 8:43am

Cabinet reshuffle: Attorney General Geoffrey Cox gets the sack

Barrister resigns 'at the PM's request'

Feb 13 2020 1:11pm

Junior solicitor removed from profession after backdating legal aid paperwork

He was just a few months qualified at the time

Feb 12 2020 9:03am

Lady Hale ‘not easy to deal with’, says ex-colleague

Others suggest she was treated 'more harshly' than the men and held back from court president role

Feb 4 2020 3:43pm

Bar diversity latest: white, male and privately educated

Profession becoming gradually more diverse, says regulator -- but 'more to be done'

Jan 31 2020 11:32am

Watch out for ‘deepfake’ evidence forgery, family lawyer warns

Byron James says his client's voice was manipulated to create fake recording of threat to other side

Jan 31 2020 8:52am

Lost luggage judge Peter Smith is back at the bar

He retired from the High Court amid controversy in 2017

Jan 30 2020 3:40pm

TV barrister disbarred for failing to pay school fees

Sophia Cannon also accused of 'misleading the court' by disciplinary tribunal

Jan 30 2020 10:39am

Don’t risk ‘dying a martyr’ for your home town accent, warns barrister who rose from poverty

Hashi Mohamed argues that changing the way you speak to get on life doesn't mean compromising your identity

Jan 28 2020 10:14am

Outcry over LPC 30 years ago similar to SQE anxiety today, says BARBRI chief

Rather than being fazed by the super-exam, Sarah Hutchinson reckons the legal profession should view it as an exciting opportunity to improve education and training

Jan 28 2020 9:06am
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SRA waited three years to stop disbarred bomb hoax barrister from working for solicitors

Exclusive: Michael Shrimpton has been arguing cases in court despite being disbarred

Jan 27 2020 9:04am

High Court slams top family judge for not knowing what consent is

Judge Tolson said woman was not raped because she had not 'physically' resisted unwanted sex

Jan 23 2020 10:49am

BBC brings on wrong guest to talk law with Lord Sumption

Turns out there are two famous Americans called Robert Shapiro

Jan 17 2020 12:11pm

Garden Court barrister to sue police after being arrested on uni picket line

Franck Magennis accuses cops of an 'outrageous breach of civil liberties'

Jan 15 2020 8:49am

Let students lawyer-up for all university complaint hearings, urges barrister

Daniel Sokol says that many unis ban legal reps from attending

Jan 13 2020 9:20am