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EU referendum debate bingo: Lawyer edition

Take a break from listening to BoJo and play some bingo instead

Jun 21 2016 3:35pm

BSB mulls new ‘super bar exam’ that could allow non-graduates to become barristers

Bar regulator to host debate next month discussing three new proposed routes to qualification

Jun 21 2016 2:15pm

Average senior in-house lawyer now takes home over £165,000

5% pay-packet increase for City law firm shunners

Jun 21 2016 1:25pm

Judge fired for watching porn in chambers LOSES unfair dismissal claim

Warren Grant had argued his behaviour stemmed from a mental illness he was suffering due to marriage problems

Jun 21 2016 11:13am

Visually-impaired Essex Uni law student stunned after taxi driver demanded guide dog travel in the boot

Aspiring lawyer is now a backing a charity-led campaign to bolster discrimination laws

Jun 21 2016 8:57am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 21 June

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jun 21 2016 7:56am

Chelsy Davy speaks for the first time about quitting Allen & Overy

The lure of starting her own business was too strong

Jun 20 2016 2:19pm

Allen & Overy ups London-based US NQ lawyer pay packets to £124,000

MoneyLaw reaches the City's magic circle

Jun 20 2016 12:33pm

Would Brexit even be legal?

Top lawyers round on Gove and co’s “illegal” vote leave strategy

Jun 20 2016 10:22am

MoneyLaw could be the new Magic Circle

£124,000 newly qualified rate may prove a London game-changer

Jun 20 2016 9:36am

Morning round-up: Monday 20 June

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jun 20 2016 7:54am

School girl’s relationship contract to prevent boyfriend talking to ‘hoes’ goes viral

A fruitful career in contract law awaits unnamed eighth grader

Jun 17 2016 3:38pm

Lord Neuberger’s ‘plea’ for a university law syllabus shake up

“Greater prominence for ethics” proposals get the thumbs up from professors

Jun 17 2016 2:01pm

Magic circle lawyers register in Ireland ahead of EU referendum

With the EU referendum less than a week away, City outfits quietly ready themselves for possible exit

Jun 17 2016 11:53am

Aspiring barristers anger as Pupillage Gateway glitch means applications are missing GDL and BPTC grades

Exclusive: Gateway's copy-and-paste feature reproduces everything BUT vital grades on pupillage applications

Jun 17 2016 9:01am

Morning round-up: Friday 17 June

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jun 17 2016 7:54am

Court of Appeal brands Judge Peter Smith’s incredible Blackstone Chambers letter ‘disgraceful’

CoA orders retrial in Harb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, but clears controversial judge of bias

Jun 16 2016 1:17pm

The Met rejects calls to investigate ‘Waterloo sex QC’ — for now

As Graeme Stening accepts a caution for outraging public decency, talk turns to his anonymous female companion and whether she should be investigated for perverting the course of justice

Jun 16 2016 12:55pm

US outfit Cadwalader ups London NQ pay to coveted £124,000 level

New York stalwart is the latest firm to jump aboard the "MoneyLaw" bandwagon

Jun 16 2016 10:45am

5 Essex Court invites wannabe barristers to pupillage interview by ‘mistake’

Exclusive: Technical glitch leaves bar hopefuls "gutted"

Jun 16 2016 9:03am