Category: News

Hogan Lovells partner caught watching porn at work leaves firm
Irwin Mitchell lawyer filmed the incident from an adjacent office

Charles Russell Speechlys lawyer and two sons smash 3,000 mile rowing record
Raise £180,000 for charity in the process

Family judge praised for ditching legal jargon so child can understand judgment
Less legalese for Lynch of Leeds

Game of Thrones star to play barrister Shami Chakrabarti in new political thriller
Official Secrets to hit UK cinema screens later this year

Attorney General: ‘I would be no lawyer at all if I allowed my private or political view to obtrude my legal judgement’
Geoffrey Cox QC rallies to defend himself -- and the need for legal professional privilege in 'exquisitely sensitive' circumstances

Happy 120th birthday, Lord Denning!
The outspoken judge passed away in 1999

Lawyers are stressed — but not as much as social workers and recruiters
Increasing workloads number on stress source, research shows

Young Legal Aid Lawyers: SRA must reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee pay
Enforceable salary requirements ditched by SRA in 2014

Criminal lawyers in uproar over court IT chaos
Continuing digital outage plays havoc with justice system

Calls concerning bullying and harassment up 80%, says lawyer helpline
Majority of callers to LawCare women

US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lands cameo in Lego Movie 2
As morning talk show apologises for airing graphic suggesting she'd died

Linklaters releases ethnicity pay gap data
Follows Allen & Overy in publishing voluntary figures

New legislation on domestic abuse heralds family law shake-up
Ban on abusers grilling victims in court among changes

Glasgow Uni law student becomes unlikely hero after netting late winner in Scottish Cup
It's 'just beginning to sink in', says Auchinleck Talbot defender Craig McCracken

City law firms dominate LGBT top 100 employer list
Pinsent Masons came out on top

Retrial ordered in ‘Lord Harley’ fraud case following dramatic courtroom collapse
Former solicitor-advocate remains in hospital

Hero barrister recalls moment he pulled Prince Philip from 4×4 wreckage after T-junction smash
'I looked down and had the Prince’s blood on my hands’

Law second most popular degree choice after psychology, data reveals
As lecturers call for UCAS deadline application overhaul

Junior lawyers ‘endangered species’ due to automation, law prof claims
Rookies carrying out repetitive work face being 'gradually culled from firms'