Thomas Connelly, Author at Legal Cheek - Page 2 of 78

Beano sends spoof cease and desist letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg

It orders MP to stop ‘masquerading’ as one its cartoon characters

Apr 4 2018 1:08pm
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Trump-Russia probe: Former City lawyer jailed for 30 days

Ex-Skadden associate admitted misleading FBI investigators

Apr 4 2018 11:43am
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Transatlantic tie-up: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner goes live

New outfit led by female duo

Apr 3 2018 12:50pm
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‘Her credentials speak for themselves’: CPS chief Alison Saunders to join Linklaters

Magic circle bound after controversial five-year tenure

Apr 3 2018 11:24am
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‘The system is desperate, as are we’: Criminal barristers to REFUSE new work in protest to legal aid cuts

Decision taken with ‘heavy hearts’

Mar 29 2018 1:37pm
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Insta-ban? Don’t post photos of yourself in ‘casual settings’, judges told

Also warned not to reveal holiday plans

Mar 29 2018 11:36am
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Solicitor super-exam one step closer to reality following watchdog approval

Goodbye LPC and GDL?

Mar 27 2018 1:52pm
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Pupillage places jump by 7%

New stats show 510 pupils started their training last year

Mar 27 2018 12:38pm
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Hogan Lovells posts 78% spring retention figure

Global outfit keeps 25 out of 32 NQs

Mar 27 2018 11:10am
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Allen & Overy partner to give evidence before MPs on abuse of non-disclosure agreements in sex harassment cases

Magic circle titan hit headlines over historic role in Harvey Weinstein scandal

Mar 26 2018 3:00pm
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Judge asked mini-pupil what her ‘favourite sex position’ was

Shocking claims of sexual harassment surface in magazine article

Mar 26 2018 12:14pm
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Carry on dining: Inns of Court qualifying sessions here to stay, says bar regulator

But more should be held outside London

Mar 23 2018 1:15pm
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Junior solicitor ditches law to become a clown

But confesses comical career change isn’t ‘financially stable’

Mar 23 2018 11:26am
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Lindsay Lohan is now the face of a lawyer search engine

No, seriously

Mar 22 2018 10:58am
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Baker McKenzie and Simmons & Simmons reveal 80% plus retention scores

Spring season gathers pace

Mar 21 2018 12:59pm
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Latham & Watkins managing partner RESIGNS after admitting ‘exchange of communications of a sexual nature’

Legal profession rocked by new misconduct scandal

Mar 21 2018 11:19am
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Ex-Clifford Chance trainee who failed in bid to sue Oxford University over ‘inadequate’ teaching faces £75,000 legal bill

Permission to appeal original decision also refused

Mar 20 2018 2:16pm
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Law Society recommends 3% boost to minimum trainee salary

£21,561 in London and £19,122 elsewhere — but figures only guidance and not enforceable

Mar 20 2018 10:18am
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Linklaters completes magic circle retention season with 84% result

Global giant keep 43 out of 51 spring NQs

Mar 19 2018 4:58pm
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Solicitor who bombarded colleague with offensive messages avoids strike-off because medication change was to blame

Fined £5,000

Mar 16 2018 12:58pm
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‘Irreversible damage’: Panama Papers law firm Mossack Fonseca to close

Outfit was victim of mass data breach in 2016

Mar 15 2018 1:47pm
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‘The financial anxiety was overwhelming’: Rocketing law school debts and poor salaries make legal aid work unsustainable for junior lawyers

New damning research

Mar 15 2018 9:09am
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Investigation launched after fake ‘Punish a Muslim day’ letter misusing Courts & Tribunals Service address surfaces online

HMCTS says letter encouraging people to attack Muslims ‘contradicts all we stand for’

Mar 13 2018 11:01am
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‘When it goes to sh*t your law school doesn’t want to know’: Anonymous wannabe barrister reflects on life having failed the BPTC

Not Competent

Mar 13 2018 9:39am
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