Legal Cheek Journal
The most original writing about legal affairs on the internet.
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
Motor finance scandal: How undisclosed commissions rewrote the rules on unfair relationships
Trainee solicitor Billy Hart explores the government's response to the overcharging of car finance customers
Who owns AI-generated content?
Ahmed Shawqie explores the question of ownership and artificial intelligence
What the end of upwards only rent reviews means for the retail sector
Solicitor apprentice Florence Wharton explores the implications
What the Renters’ Rights Act means for university students
Commercial property paralegal Tramy Cheung explores the new law
What current UK foreign policy means for law firms
English student Rachael Shepherd explores how UK foreign policy with the US and China could soon affect the way law firms do business
Founder v brand: What the Jo Malone legal battle means for founder-led businesses
Law grad Sasha Braham explores the possible implications of Estée Lauder's legal action against the British perfumer
From Gymshark to Monzo: UK IPOs in 2026
Corporate paralegal Thomas Martin analyses the outlook for the London IPO market in 2026
Hollywood showdown: The fight for Warner Bros
Trainee solicitor Billy Hart dissects the corporate battle between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros
Danger and doping: What are the ‘Enhanced Games’?
Law grad Liya Hussain explores the potential dangers of the controversial sporting competition
The quiet death of the assured shorthold tenancy
Trainee solicitor Ben Bramble looks at the consequences for tenants, landlords and joint renters
Global cooperation at the final frontier: How legal gaps in space technology endanger us all
Lawyer Cybel Ekpa reassesses the Outer Space Treaty in the era of automated defence systems
Beyond compliance: The new anti-money laundering frontier and its impact on lawyers
Bar grad Abbas Hussain explores the implications