Legal Cheek Journal
The most original writing about legal affairs on the internet.
Who speaks for the child? The High Court orders shaping young lives without their input
Postgraduate Journalism student Evie Wynne explores how children can be shut out of hearings determining their freedom
The price is personal: How AI could kill the free market
Second-year LLB student at KCL, Mary-Ellen Dyson, examines how AI-powered pricing is outpacing UK law
Long overdue or a disaster for business? The Employment Rights Act and the big questions still unanswered
Leo Fontes, final-year history student and aspiring commercial solicitor, explores the impact of this landmark legislation
How smart glasses are outpacing the law
Final year law student Talia Adanna looks at Kylie Jenner's latest collab
Argos changes hands: The commercial and legal story behind the sale
Sasha Braham explores the lawyers’ role in the separation
When is a genetic mother not a parent? Apparently, the Irish passport office knows best
New mother Natasha Bassett shares how Ireland's IVF laws have left her son in a legal limbo
Can private equity really own an airline it isn’t allowed to control?
Third-year law student Ananya Cartier explores the impact of EU regulations on the private equity takeover of EasyJet
The hidden legacy of trauma-informed justice: From stereotypes to evidence
Mischa Choudhary, second year law student at Manchester University, explores how criminal law's approach to evidence is changin
How the US-Iran war is reshaping commercial law for UK businesses
Harry Chester, Bristol law student, discusses how Iran is ripping up contracts
‘I had to learn the law myself’: England’s special educational needs system has turned parents into lawyers
Future Cambridge Uni law student Alice Jackson dives deep into the problems with England's SEND system
Fashion’s legal blind spot: The IP problem behind fast fashion
Bristol law student Willow Knight-Pocock explores the gaps in protection for smaller designers
Hormuz, higher bills and the hurry to renewables: What the Iran war means for UK law firms
Criminology grad Henry Townsend explores the impact
Privacy vs progress: the UK and EU’s AI balancing act
Languages student Elizabeth Flynn explores the tension between promoting tech development and innovation and protecting data privacy laws
Can AI close the justice gap?
LLM grad Sakshi Sahoo examines whether AI-powered legal services could put justice within reach for more people across the UK
Why the public doesn’t understand its own courts
Aspiring barrister David Eke examines the UK public's mistrust in the legal system and why more needs to be done to combat this
Could ADHD be shaping how women and girls are judged in family court?
Aspiring barrister Alex Delaney examines how undiagnosed ADHD can be mistaken for unreliability or poor engagement in care proceedings
From training ground to courtroom: The legal lessons behind ‘Spygate’
Postgraduate law student Aaron Routledge tackles the fallout from Southampton FC's spying scandal
Shein v Temu: Copyright and competition law in the ultra-fast fashion market
History grad Sasha Braham explores the impact of the litigation
Why the new anti-Muslim hostility definition falls short
Newly qualified solicitor Haider Maqsood explores the drawbacks
The effect of scrapping jury trials on defendants
LLM grad Winnie Cheung explores the potentially negative impact of the new Courts and Tribunals Bill on defendant rights
Mazur: Why the law must face the reality of how legal work gets done
Bar grad Abbas Hussain explains the practical implications of the landmark judgment