Polly Botsford, Author at Legal Cheek

AI isn’t about cutting solicitor numbers, says SRA

While regulator attacked over SQE for doing ‘violence to the law’

4 days ago
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May the force be with the Baroness! Lady Hale to star as Yoda in space-themed play at Gray’s Inn

All Hale the new Jedi master

5 days ago
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DWF to offer earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships

Rookies rotate through eight seats as part of intense training programme

6 days ago
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Government publishes Brexit legal advice in full

Just a day after MPs found it in contempt of parliament

Dec 5 2018 1:05pm
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‘Alexa, who dunnit?’ Amazon Echo could be pivotal evidence in double murder trial in the US

Judge orders disclosure of device’s recordings

Nov 30 2018 11:05am
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Brexit case that ‘could decide the fate of the nation’ heard by 27 judges in Luxembourg

Opinion due on 4 December

Nov 28 2018 11:39am
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Cost of super-exam is a ‘major concern’, says Junior Lawyers’ Division

SQE fees could hit £4,500, but prep course prices remain unknown

Nov 22 2018 10:23am
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Final legal advice on Brexit to be disclosed to MPs

‘Legal professional privilege’ gets rare airtime in Commons

Nov 14 2018 2:30pm
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Ofsted criticises BPP’s apprenticeship programme

Education giant hits back; says systems for tracking legal apprentices are ‘robust’

Nov 9 2018 9:04am
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Nevermind lawtech, courts often don’t even have working photocopiers: Bar Council fights back against legal aid cuts

While Lord Neuberger warns UK legal system ‘is in danger of falling over’

Nov 5 2018 9:35am
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Latest Brexit challenge gets date in High Court’s diary

BUT the case has already been rejected once

Nov 2 2018 12:52pm
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Law school offers Harry Potter LLB module

A degree in the dark arts?

Oct 18 2018 11:14am
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Lords call for clarity over role of ECJ post-Brexit

As over 1,000 lawyers sign letter to PM on People’s Vote

Oct 18 2018 9:50am
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Peak Millennial? Doughty Street barrister argues for a NEW human right to personal ‘airspace’

Airborne intrusions can trigger psychological distress, says Nick Grief

Oct 17 2018 1:16pm
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BBC to broadcast lectures on law and politics by Lord Sumption

Outspoken Supreme Court justice will be the 2019 Reith Lecturer

Oct 4 2018 8:46am
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Tory conference: Attorney General steals limelight from Theresa May’s speech

Geoffrey Cox’s warm-up act references his legal negotiating skills

Oct 3 2018 2:54pm
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Lawyer bloggers given access to family courts in bid to combat ‘racy’ press coverage

Pilot scheme will run until June next year

Oct 3 2018 1:28pm
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The Kavanaugh saga: ‘Why the US system of appointing Supreme Court justices sucks’

Could it happen here in the UK?

Oct 1 2018 12:02pm
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Labour conference round-up: Party says it will open law centres and raises concerns over digitisation of justice

Legal aid is a ‘pillar of the welfare state’, says shadow justice minister

Sep 26 2018 4:32pm
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Obscenity trial: Judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover expected to fetch £15,000

Fancy a piece of legal history?

Sep 26 2018 11:23am
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Top criminal QC: ‘Let’s give disadvantaged kids role models beyond pop stars and YouTubers’

Chris Daw QC’s social mobility film featured on BBC1’s The One Show goes viral among profession

Sep 14 2018 1:15pm
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Journal

Resting in peace? How we need to regulate the industry which thrives on your afterlife

What happens to your Facebook page after you die? Should someone be able to faceswap a photo of you as a corpse and post it on Snapchat?

Jul 17 2018 10:58am
City law firms want junior lawyers who are resilient and flexible — but they’re less concerned about tech skills

Over 200 industry insiders questioned as part of Legal Cheek’s Future of Legal Education and Training Conference

Jul 17 2018 8:40am
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Richer law students should subsidise poorer ones with new levy, Dundee law lecturer proposes

While Durham law student achieves crowdfunding success for his law degree in ONE MONTH

Jul 2 2018 12:00pm
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