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Barrister

Olympic bomb hoax barrister banned from legal profession

Michael Shrimpton, who was disbarred in 2018, subject to further regulatory action -- this time by the SRA

Nov 5 2019 10:24am

Tickets go on sale for The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference London 2020

At Kings Place, Kings Cross, London, on Thursday 14 May 2020

Nov 5 2019 8:54am

BPP grad denied licence to practise law over LLM plagiarism

Applied for foreign lawyer status

Nov 4 2019 9:01am

Legal Cheek global economy of the 2020s student events in Edinburgh and London this week

We’re in the Scottish capital at Addleshaw Goddard on Wednesday evening and in the City of London with Osborne Clarke on Thursday

Nov 3 2019 1:13pm

Super-exam pass rates could be higher than LPC, says boss of new SQE mega provider

Comments come after Linklaters training chief revealed fear that more magic circle rookies could fail SQE

Nov 1 2019 9:04am

Kim Kardashian recreates Elle Woods’ iconic Harvard Law School admission video essay

World’s most famous law student wins Halloween with Legally Blonde tribute

Oct 31 2019 9:10pm

Swansea Uni-backed legal lab scoops £4 million in EU funding

New hub to support research and develop advances in lawtech, Welsh government says

Oct 30 2019 12:05pm

You’ve ‘wrecked’ my dream of becoming a lawyer: French LPC student blasts Boris’ Brexit vision in emotional open letter

PM is putting party and ego before national interests, Royal Holloway law grad claims

Oct 30 2019 9:03am

Lord Keen QC cleared of professional misconduct after firearms conviction

Top Scottish lawyer appeared before a disciplinary tribunal

Oct 29 2019 2:43pm

Fifth of law firms fail on money laundering rules, says SRA

Regulator to ramp up compliance checks in wake of review

Oct 29 2019 9:41am

Hull University law student who tragically killed himself awarded posthumous first-class LLB

Phil Taylor found dead at his home earlier this year, inquest hears

Oct 28 2019 10:18am

10 month suspension for barrister who posted ‘offensive’ comments on Facebook

Less than a week after regulator issued fresh guidance on social media etiquette

Oct 28 2019 8:30am

Legal Cheek student events in Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh and London

Featuring Addleshaw Goddard, BCLP, Burges Salmon, CMS, Gowling WLG, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hill Dickinson, Irwin Mitchell, Linklaters, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, Ropes & Gray, Squire Patton Boggs and more

Oct 27 2019 8:32am