Author: thomas-connelly

Petition by Leeds CPS solicitor reaps rewards as Trump’s state visit postponed

Graham Guest’s online appeal chalked up almost two million signatures

Mar 1 2017 11:10am

Liz Truss to appeal judicial pensions discrimination ruling

Just a week after she handed High Court and Court of Appeal judges an 11% pay increase

Feb 28 2017 4:02pm

City University to build new £30 million law school

Clerkenwell campus to receive major makeover with seven-storey structure

Feb 28 2017 1:50pm

Ex-Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman to face SDT over electoral fraud scandal

Family law solicitor was found guilty of "corrupt and illegal practices" in April 2015

Feb 28 2017 9:16am

Should have used lawyers: Are PwC accountants to blame for ‘La La Land’ Oscars blunder?

Big Four firm responsible for counting the ballots and collating the winners

Feb 27 2017 1:22pm

Artificial intelligence unlikely to replace lawyers anytime soon, report suggests

The rise of the robots is ‘overstated’ say US profs

Feb 27 2017 11:56am

Barrister who was jailed for conspiracy to supply cocaine removed from profession

Omar Khan handed three-year prison term back in April last year

Feb 24 2017 4:54pm

Macfarlanes reveals perfect 100% spring retention score

Silver circle firm keeps all six NQs due to qualify next month

Feb 24 2017 12:07pm

Hogan Lovells posts 79% spring retention rate

Transatlantic giant's corporate group will take the lion's share of NQs

Feb 23 2017 11:54am

Barrister orders Piers Morgan to retract allegation that he is a ‘liar’

Karl Turner, who used to be the Shadow Attorney General, in tense stand-off with TV star, who doesn't seem minded to back down

Feb 22 2017 6:39pm

Dream law student property with its own courtroom goes on sale for £525,000

Renovated magistrates' court comes with prison cells and a conference room too

Feb 22 2017 1:32pm

Devereux Chambers barrister Jolyon Maugham QC takes Uber to court over £20 million unpaid VAT

Just weeks after he launched a pro bono project aimed at holding the government to account

Feb 22 2017 11:16am

Berwin Leighton Paisner hangs on to just 55% of its spring NQs

Less than two weeks after it unveiled Manchester training contract plans

Feb 21 2017 8:59am

‘Jekyll and Hyde’ barrister who made his girlfriend call him ‘master’ booted out of profession

Family law specialist handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence last July

Feb 20 2017 10:24am

Fieldfisher confirms Birmingham training contracts

City outfit’s newbies will start this September

Feb 17 2017 11:36am

Research: Average barrister earnings equate to £60,000 salary

Bar Council claims overheads account for 'half of a barrister’s turnover'

Feb 17 2017 9:14am