Author: katie-king

U-turn: Westminster law student behind ‘rent a final year’ website no longer allowing ‘active students’ to give legal advice

Fraser Matcham has released a statement following criticism from lawyers and Legal Cheek commenters

Mar 28 2017 10:36am

Backlash against tax QC who said the legal system allows men to ‘rape almost with impunity’

Criminal lawyers described the comment as ‘ill judged’, ‘unfair’ and ‘poor’

Mar 27 2017 11:02am

LPC and GDL provider is using gushing testimonials from imaginary students to flog its pricey courses

Maria thinks the course is ‘innovative’ and Zara says it works ‘really well’ for her

Mar 24 2017 12:19pm

Non-white, female lawyer at 11KBW says she’s ‘fed up’ with people doubting that she’s a barrister

Harini Iyengar asked 'Wow, are you actually a barrister?' in Temple today

Mar 23 2017 1:32pm

Daily Express forced to make huge correction to human rights story, again

Yet the tabloid newspaper has just released a slideshow explainer about the ECHR...

Mar 23 2017 12:28pm

Soon-to-retire Lord Chief Justice absolutely slammed Liz Truss in parliament this morning

Lawyers question whether his outburst was unprecedented

Mar 22 2017 12:52pm

There are a lot of barristers running in this Thursday’s City of London elections

Over half of the 22 candidates vying for Farringdon Without ward are lawyers

Mar 22 2017 9:17am

We asked the chairman of the Justice Committee what he thinks about Liz Truss

Bob Neill MP also discusses challenges facing legal profession and shares views on Brexit

Mar 21 2017 10:01am

It will cost you over £500 more to do the LPC this year than it would have done last year

2017/2018 price list shows fees up by as much as 11% at some universities

Mar 20 2017 1:38pm

House of Lords fears Brexit uncertainty is already having a detrimental impact on UK legal services

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC tells Tories to ‘urgently’ adopt interim measures to help stop this

Mar 20 2017 9:14am

‘Ambulance chasing’ lawyer Phil Shiner declared bankrupt, weeks after he sold house to Middlesex University law lecturer daughter

Bethany Shiner and sister Leisha both used to work for their dad’s now defunct law firm

Mar 17 2017 11:29am

Extract from Lord Denning book describing Sir William Blackstone as ‘too fat’ surfaces online

Statute books' namesake apparently did 'no exercise' and 'ate too much'

Mar 17 2017 9:05am

You have to read this Hawaii judge’s Donald Trump smack-down

President’s latest immigration ban has been temporarily blocked

Mar 16 2017 11:02am

EU citizens should be given ‘unrestricted access’ to UK jobs after Brexit, the Bar Council says

Bar chiefs urge negotiators to protect the free movement of people

Mar 16 2017 9:10am

Supreme Court backs three animal charities over struggling daughter on benefits in a row about her dead mum’s will

We spoke to a Cambridge law academic about the controversial decision

Mar 15 2017 11:19am