Category: News

Lawyer stages fake drink drive trial to propose to girlfriend
Stunned bride-to-be's family and friends acted as the jury

Ex-Linklaters director to stay silent over magic circle firm’s alleged ‘struggle with women in the workplace’
Agrees to destroy 'confidential documents'

London law firm announces cannabis department open for business
Growth industry?

‘Skype a Supreme Court justice’ scheme gets go-ahead following successful pilot
Thirty-minute sessions start this month

#MeToo pioneer Charlotte Proudman reveals she received bottom spanking note on ‘judicial headed note paper’
It came shortly after the barrister went public with City solicitor's 'sexist' LinkedIn message

‘Vulnerable’ junior lawyers need greater protection from ‘toxic and uncaring’ law firms
JLD pens open letter to regulator in wake of controversial whistleblower decision

Brexit-backing former Brighton Uni fashion student raises £77,000 in fight against ‘top lawyers in the land’
Darren Grimes, 25, is appealing fine for breaking electoral law in EU referendum

‘Don’t act like you’re on a stag-do’ or ‘make repetitive jokes about breasts or skirts’, junior barrister tells male colleagues
Joanna Hardy offers nine practical pointers to improving retention of women at the criminal bar

Pupil barrister has wig tin confiscated by court security – Twitter reacts
'What level of tinpot jobsworthery brings this about?'

Lady Arden: I was told I couldn’t be a barrister because solicitors would never instruct a woman
Supreme Court justice reflects on legal career in new interview

New figures reveal huge provider variation in LPC pass rates
Solicitor exam success rates range from 100% to 37% at different institutions

More action needed to tackle ‘hostile environment’ driving women from the bar
‘This stuff is not complicated, so let’s get on with it’, says Chris Henley QC

Research: 60% of lawyers want to ditch ‘stuffy office traditions’ like dress codes and long meetings
Nearly half say they'd quit current role to join a more forward-thinking firm

Applications to find next Lady Hale now open
Supreme Court looks to fill top judicial spots created by trio of 2020 retirements

University of Manchester students express concern over plan to merge Schools of Law and Social Sciences
Loss of 'identity and reputation' among issues raised by LLBers

Court evacuated after lawyer turns up covered in bed bugs
'I don’t even think he cared,' says security guard

Uber wins High Court battle over breach of 1847 taxi law
Boost for controversial transport firm in latest round of regulatory war

DWF looks to raise £75 million from London Stock Exchange flotation
A quarter of the firm up for sale

Pupillage Gateway deadline extended AGAIN in wake of IT problems
Aspiring barristers now have until 11am Monday to submit applications