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London mega-court to fight fraud and cybercrime given go-ahead

New 18-courtroom facility expected to open in 2025

Jul 5 2018 11:30am
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Packing chicken to flying helicopters — barristers share their unconventional routes into law

#IAmTheBar

Jul 5 2018 10:35am
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Taylor Wessing confirms Liverpool office launch as firm mulls training contract offering

The centre will open in September

Jul 5 2018 8:52am
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Oxford University Law Society in teenage blog post kerfuffle

Presidential candidate’s musings as a 16-year-old derail election

Jul 4 2018 12:29pm
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Clifford Chance equity partners to earn an average of £1.6 million

First magic circle financials released

Jul 4 2018 11:04am
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Rookie barrister suspended after representing client in the High Court before pupillage

Six-month penalty open to appeal

Jul 4 2018 8:53am
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Herbert Smith Freehills boosts London junior lawyer pay by 13% to £93,000

Weeks after global giant hiked US associate salaries

Jul 3 2018 5:01pm
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Head of family courts goes ‘off the rails’ to mark retirement

End of the line for outspoken family law chief Sir James Munby

Jul 3 2018 11:34am
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Jeremy Corbyn suggests decriminalising cannabis possession

But Labour leader stops short of saying we should legalise it completely

Jul 3 2018 10:26am
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Richer law students should subsidise poorer ones with new levy, Dundee law lecturer proposes

While Durham law student achieves crowdfunding success for his law degree in ONE MONTH

Jul 2 2018 12:00pm
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Solicitor who took only TWO full weeks of maternity leave found to have falsified letter

Kate Adamson isn’t struck off but gets six-month suspension instead

Jul 2 2018 9:05am
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The Secret Barrister unmasked in London burger joint

They are a 30-something Comprehensive school-educated non-Oxbridge grad, it emerges during daring interview

Jun 29 2018 4:05pm
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OMG! BuzzFeed loses its first-ever general counsel

Ex-Freshfields Allison Lucas also tried her hand at journalism

Jun 29 2018 12:13pm
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Magic circle duo join the MoneyLaw madness

Allen & Overy and Linklaters latest to pay US newly qualified lawyers eye-watering figure that works out just shy of £150k

Jun 29 2018 10:22am
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Share dealing begins in stock market-listed law firm

Knights to recruit 200 more fee earners but remains silent on possible training contract increases

Jun 29 2018 8:50am
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The first set of corporate law firm financial results are looking strong

Good times return to the City

Jun 28 2018 1:52pm
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Advocates’ core courtroom skills on the decline, judges warn

Reduced levels of pay blamed for lower morale and standards, finds report

Jun 28 2018 11:54am
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YouTube-ing Warwick law grad whose Allen & Overy vac scheme led to a training contract shares career advice

Charlotte McGing joins vlogging lawyer trend

Jun 28 2018 8:55am
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Supreme Court gets three new faces

Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Kitchin and Lord Justice Sales, appointed to UK’s top bench

Jun 27 2018 4:12pm
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Ex-DLA Piper junior solicitor struck off after falsifying LLB and LPC results

Rookie who trained at Weightmans claimed it was ‘an honest mistake’

Jun 27 2018 11:54am
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No more lie-ins? Durham Law School set to introduce 8am lectures this Autumn

Early morning arrangement ‘for one year only’, says elite Russell Grouper

Jun 27 2018 8:59am
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Legal work experience opportunities fall by 11%

Biggest industry decrease

Jun 26 2018 10:14am
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Research: Bullying rife at criminal bar; less common among commercial barristers

Reported observations of harassment soar across newly-woke bar

Jun 26 2018 8:47am
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‘18-hour days and sleepless nights’: Love Island solicitor Rosie reveals why she quit law in tense interview with Piers Morgan

She wanted to do crime and family but ended up at a commercial outfit

Jun 25 2018 4:42pm
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