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‘Ambulance chasing’ lawyer Phil Shiner declared bankrupt, weeks after he sold house to Middlesex University law lecturer daughter

Bethany Shiner and sister Leisha both used to work for their dad’s now defunct law firm

Mar 17 2017 11:29am

Extract from Lord Denning book describing Sir William Blackstone as ‘too fat’ surfaces online

Statute books' namesake apparently did 'no exercise' and 'ate too much'

Mar 17 2017 9:05am

Morning round-up: Friday 17 March

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Mar 17 2017 7:41am

Linklaters completes magic circle’s spring retention season with solid 86% result

The outfit's new associates will be based in London, Hong Kong and Dubai

Mar 16 2017 1:13pm

You have to read this Hawaii judge’s Donald Trump smack-down

President’s latest immigration ban has been temporarily blocked

Mar 16 2017 11:02am

Norton Rose Fulbright unveils spring retention rate of 83%

Twenty trainees have accepted full-time associate roles at the global giant

Mar 16 2017 10:06am

EU citizens should be given ‘unrestricted access’ to UK jobs after Brexit, the Bar Council says

Bar chiefs urge negotiators to protect the free movement of people

Mar 16 2017 9:10am

Morning round-up: Thursday 16 March

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Mar 16 2017 7:41am

Osborne Clarke posts perfect 100% spring retention score

All six March qualifiers have committed their future to the international firm

Mar 15 2017 3:48pm

‘F*CK LAWYERS!’: Hill Dickinson’s office daubed with rude graffiti

International outfit's HQ targeted by vandals

Mar 15 2017 2:38pm

15 hilarious Legal Cheek Facebook posts to celebrate hitting 50,000 likes

A big thank you to all our readers for helping us reach this social media milestone

Mar 15 2017 12:36pm

Supreme Court backs three animal charities over struggling daughter on benefits in a row about her dead mum’s will

We spoke to a Cambridge law academic about the controversial decision

Mar 15 2017 11:19am

Revealed: The shortlist for the Trainee and Junior Lawyer Firm of the Year 2017

Ahead of the Legal Cheek Awards tomorrow evening in London, the final shortlist is unveiled

Mar 15 2017 9:03am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 15 March

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Mar 15 2017 7:39am

Scanning a defendant’s brain can establish mens rea, claim neuroscientists

Will the results be used in the courtroom?

Mar 14 2017 12:31pm

This judge looks like Ursula from The Little Mermaid

And it got us thinking about our own Supreme Court's Disney look-alikes

Mar 14 2017 11:59am

An open letter to future lawyers, from a future lawyer

A trainee at a top City outfit has something she wants to share

Mar 14 2017 9:07am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 14 March

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Mar 14 2017 7:36am

‘There is no incentive for junior lawyers to qualify into criminal law’, says Junior Lawyers Division

And there will be even less incentive after MoJ pay reforms

Mar 13 2017 2:23pm