Polly Botsford, Author at Legal Cheek

Lady Hale on Trump, Beyoncé comparisons and whether the Lord Chancellor must be a lawyer

BBC 5 Live interview fails to break Supreme Court president’s ever-judicious stance

Jun 12 2019 1:18pm
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Emergency pay boost for judges in response to ‘unprecedented’ recruitment crisis

Increases still below recommendations of pay review body

Jun 6 2019 8:50am
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‘Uncritical reliance’ on AI in criminal justice could lead to ‘wrong decisions’, says Law Society

Warning contained in new commission report

Jun 5 2019 11:27am
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2020s is the decade of legal change, says Richard Susskind

Exclusive interview: AI and online courts will flourish and replace ‘old ways of working’

May 23 2019 8:33am
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Norton Rose Fulbright teams up with York University to launch lawtech module

Exclusive: 40 places up for grabs

May 22 2019 2:34pm
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Linklaters launches undergrad sponsorship for low-income students

£6,000 grant and work experience up for grabs

May 22 2019 10:57am
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Judge’s ‘bear-baiting’ comment resurfaces as Jeremy Kyle Show axed

Whilst Kyle’s US counterpart, Jerry Springer, is sued for wrongful death just as he is set to make debut as Judge Jerry

May 15 2019 1:43pm
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‘He threw a phone at my head’: International survey reveals bullying rife in the legal profession

Largest ever study finds one in three females sexually harassed in workplace

May 15 2019 10:34am
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Uber’s flotation: from law suits to the stock market

Treacherous legal waters for the tech titan

May 9 2019 12:26pm
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London criminal law chambers pulls ‘unpaid’ internship

Exclusive: 9KBW places controversial expenses-only programme ‘under review’

May 9 2019 8:49am
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US law firm partner lands Game of Thrones cameo

His brother-in-law is hit show’s co-creator

Apr 24 2019 2:12pm
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Judge accidentally resigns on April Fools’ Day

Whoops

Apr 4 2019 8:41am
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Allen & Overy lawyer to face tribunal over Weinstein NDA fiasco

Regulator confident lawyers’ attitudes to non-disclosure agreements have changed

Apr 3 2019 3:34pm
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Linklaters and Clifford Chance latest firms to pay for gender reassignment surgery

Transitioning support also available for lawyers and support staff

Mar 27 2019 3:50pm
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Lawyerly advice to pupil barristers: ‘Imagine the judge is slightly hard of hearing and a bit daft’

Words of wisdom (and a few poetic metaphors) for fresh-faced practitioners

Mar 27 2019 11:03am
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David Beckham plea-by-post highlights concerns over open justice

New procedure is labelled ‘justice-light’

Mar 22 2019 8:54am
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Durham law professor says Commons Speaker was ‘legally correct’ to ban another Brexit vote

Ruling leaves PM ‘rudderless’, according to Thom Brooks

Mar 20 2019 11:10am
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Freshfields’ pro bono team helps secure victory in Supreme Court asylum torture case

Sri Lankan appellant wins case against Home Office

Mar 7 2019 8:49am
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