Polly Botsford, Author at Legal Cheek

‘I returned to my desk and broke down in tears’: Magic circle junior lawyer opens up about battle with depression and anxiety

Three-part blog is frank account of City solicitor’s journey

3 days ago
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Private school slammed over bus ad showing boys as aspiring lawyers but girls becoming vocalists

£34,000-a-year school says aspirations are ‘personal’ to the students

5 days ago
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Awkward! Allen & Overy partner stumbles in face of grilling by MPs over non-disclosure agreements

As committee publishes Harvey Weinstein NDA

Mar 28 2018 2:58pm
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From law school boxing club to representing the most famous boxer in the country: A criminal barrister shares his story

Former amateur super-heavyweight now writing crime thrillers, too

Mar 26 2018 10:11am
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Journal

Can we regulate Uber into ‘doing the right thing’?

In the first of its kind, Legal Cheek launches an occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally

Mar 16 2018 11:32am
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Slaughter and May gender pay gap 39% — but female associates paid MORE than male counterparts

Stats don’t talk about partner pay

Mar 14 2018 11:53am
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Donoghue v Stevenson placard makes star appearance on university picket line

As Edinburgh Law School defends itself against accusations it had tried to ‘break’ the strike

Mar 8 2018 10:03am
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Legal apprenticeships: Well-paid but scarce, research finds

Salaries are the highest when compared with other sectors

Mar 7 2018 1:10pm
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Brexit: Lords contemplate new ‘UK treaty court’ to sit above Supreme Court

Interesting options for post-withdrawal dispute resolution

Mar 2 2018 11:50am
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Russian oligarch’s ex-lawyer loses appeal over hidden art collection in largest ever divorce settlement case

£453 million ancillary relief

Mar 1 2018 10:11am
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Criminal law bigwigs float hybrid prosecution-defence career path to tackle ‘unprecedented recruitment crisis’

A training contract of two halves?

Feb 22 2018 11:16am
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Top QC expresses fear over waning influence of British lawyers in development of EU law

Media doesn’t help by ignoring contribution by UK advocates, says Baroness Helena Kennedy

Feb 9 2018 10:24am
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You’ll do better in morning exams than afternoon ones, new book reveals

Judges are more lenient then too

Feb 1 2018 12:38pm
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16 City firms make it to LGBT top 100 employer list

Legal profession most represented sector

Jan 31 2018 12:28pm
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No reason why solicitors can’t operate like chambers, says regulator

Rallying cry for law firm innovation

Jan 24 2018 2:26pm
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LSE law graduate pulls punches with fitness business staffed by ex-prisoners

Tough workouts with social justice at their heart

Jan 23 2018 9:10am
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Over a third of trainee solicitors are being paid LESS than Law Society minimum wage

Law Society tells Legal Cheek salary recommendation is under review

Jan 18 2018 12:12pm
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Big Four bean counter flexes its muscles: Deloitte announces expansion into UK legal market

Training contract offering ‘under review’

Jan 10 2018 12:12pm
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Back in business: Employment tribunal claims increase is treat for lawyers

Your LPC employment law elective suddenly got useful

Dec 14 2017 11:26am
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In a bind over Brexit: Lawyers debate legal status of EU-UK commitments

Everyone in a spin over whether joint report is legally binding

Dec 13 2017 2:51pm
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EU Charter is the ONLY European law not included in Brexit Bill, Keir Starmer tells Lords

Doughty Street silk answers questions posed by Lord Pannick and others

Nov 29 2017 4:46pm
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Brexit Bill ‘weakens parliament’, Neuberger tells lawyers and City financiers

Supreme Court’s former president says parliament will be supreme ‘in name only’

Nov 22 2017 2:34pm
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Two elderly men by a roaring fire: Top crime QC describes her Oxbridge interview in new play

Review of The Robing Room, a monologue performed by and about Felicity Gerry QC

Nov 17 2017 12:39pm
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There is actually a law firm called ‘Sorry Mate’

Road accident firm are ‘biker driven bunch of professionals’

Nov 9 2017 1:06pm
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