Category: News
And the winners of The Legal Cheek Awards 2026 are…
Who won what: revealed 🏆
Freshfields appoints new UK boss
Private capital lawyer Victoria Sigeti takes top role
Ex-Latham associate unveils free legal AI tool ‘Mike’ to challenge billion-dollar tech giants
New challenger tool aims to disrupt the legal tech industry
London Legal Walk on track for record year
Legal sector charity walk returns on 9 June
Ex-TLT employee barred over ‘inappropriate’ gifts to junior female colleagues
'Sexually motivated'
Magistrate refused to return to court and deliver verdict
Formal warning
SRA plans £25 million fee hike for solicitors amid compensation fund crisis
Follows string of high-profile firm collapses
Final speakers announced ahead of LegalEdCon 2026 this Thursday
Flagship legal education conference just three days away
Law firm launches AI tool that translates legal jargon into Gen Z-friendly English
Boomer and 'sassy' translations too
A&O Shearman to cut business services roles in London
Follows major tech investment
New speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2026 as one week countdown begins
Must-attend conference for grad rec professionals takes place Thursday 14 May
Top US lawyers among 30 charged over alleged insider trading scheme
Burner phones, coded messages and kickbacks
Junior lawyer saves partner’s life with kidney donation after firm-wide email plea
The pair had never spoken before
Supreme Court appoints new justice
Lord Justice Snowden joins top bench
Bar Council faces legal challenge over Black internship scheme
GB News commentator Sophie Corcoran claims programme is discriminatory
Cardiff, Sheffield and Ulster law students championed for pro bono efforts
Projects include asylum support, welfare benefits appeals, and over 30,000 hours of student-led legal work
Slaughter and May rolls out AI tool Harvey firmwide
Another major law firm strikes tech deal
Latest speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2026
Just two weeks away
Barrister who collapsed drunk in court handed £1,000 fine
Forced hearing to be adjourned