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London law firm partner fined £45,000 in case with link to Panama Papers leak

Child & Child lawyer breached anti-money laundering rules, according to disciplinary finding

Jan 15 2019 11:57am

Magic circle law firm launches cannabis newsletter

Allen & Overy eyes up legal weed deals

Jan 15 2019 10:49am

YouTube superstar documents life on the LPC in latest law vlog

Future magic circle lawyer now has over 100k subscribers

Jan 15 2019 9:10am

Human rights barrister’s tweet flagging Corbyn ECHR clanger goes viral

European Court of Human Rights is 'in part an EU institution', according to Labour leader

Jan 14 2019 10:08am

Lord Sales sworn in as newest Supreme Court judge

Oxbridge double grad will take part in a special ceremony later today

Jan 14 2019 8:53am

Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Jan 14 2019 8:00am

Two US law firm events next week — one for students, one for junior lawyers

Lawyers from Shearman & Sterling, Kirkland & Ellis, Skadden and Quinn Emanuel take centre stage at London events

Jan 11 2019 5:11pm

Inner Temple pushes ahead with multi-million pound redevelopment project

Inn appoints Sir Robert McAlpine to oversee construction of new education and training centre

Jan 11 2019 1:11pm

Courtroom to catwalk? Lady Hale appears in Vogue magazine to mark 100 years of women in law

Supreme Court president humbled by role model status

Jan 11 2019 10:55am

The best law firms for quality of work — 2019 edition

Even with better tech there'll always be mindless trainee tasks, but at some firms much fewer than others

Jan 11 2019 8:50am
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The best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Jan 11 2019 8:39am

Don’t feel obliged to respond to emails after 7pm, bar chief tells barristers

Richard Atkins QC says '24/7 365 days a year culture' is damaging lawyer wellbeing

Jan 10 2019 11:29am

Family law barrister, 34, who completed BPTC in 2007 becomes district judge

Adem Muzaffer will take up the role later this month

Jan 10 2019 10:03am

Ex-army MP calls Leigh Day chief ‘dishonest’, claiming he has ‘completely destroyed’ lives of British soldiers

Tense committee session pits Iraq torture lawyer against parliamentarians

Jan 9 2019 3:25pm

Lady Hale attacks government ‘austerity’ policies

Supreme Court president in unusual political intervention

Jan 9 2019 1:51pm

A quarter of trainee solicitors paid below Law Society recommended minimum

New figures show improvement in number of firms heeding Chancery Lane guidance

Jan 9 2019 11:03am