Polly Botsford, Author at Legal Cheek

Regulate the robots? Law Society’s incoming president launches review

As Society appoints ‘new’ CEO following dramatic resignation of predecessor

Jun 14 2018 1:19pm
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Cambridge, Oxford and LSE prevail in ‘league table of league tables’

Brings together rankings from Complete University Guide, The Times and The Guardian

Jun 6 2018 1:12pm
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A new YouTube star is born: Court of Appeal to be live-streamed

‘Revolutionary’ proposal will mean even family cases could be broadcast live

May 31 2018 12:33pm
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Journal

They say that data is the new oil — but who exactly owns it?

As part of Legal Cheek’s occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally, today, on the day that new data protection rules come into force, we delve into the unchartered territory of the law on data ownership

May 25 2018 10:03am
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Partners are ‘coasting to retirement’ and ‘chronically under-performing’, says new research

US law firms living in ‘false sense of security’ — is the same true in the UK?

May 24 2018 9:09am
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Being a corporate lawyer is a ‘bulls**t job’, argues LSE professor

City law jobs are totally pointless

May 17 2018 10:28am
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Careers

‘The SQE is a floor on which we can build things, not a ceiling to limit us’

Adam Curphey, White & Case solicitor turned head of innovation technology at BPP University Law School, discusses the growing importance of lawtech as a theme in vocational training

May 8 2018 3:52pm
Careers

‘Change is happening pretty slowly compared with what is coming’

Hogan Lovells’ Tech Hub partner predicts transformative times ahead

Apr 26 2018 1:48pm
‘A cosy old boys’ network’: MP grills SRA over its handling of Weinstein NDA scandal

Regulator says there is an investigation under way into Allen & Overy, the firm that drafted the document

Apr 25 2018 2:59pm
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‘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

Apr 20 2018 9:12am
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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

Apr 18 2018 11:16am
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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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