Category: News

Judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover fetches £56,000 at auction
Nearly four times the pre-sale estimate

Law Society launches super-exam guide
But there are still plenty of unknowns

5 Essex Court receives rhyming pupillage application
Barristers left 'amused' by the creative endeavours of one bar hopeful

Dentons could face SDT over dismissal of recruitment manager while on maternity leave
Bina Hale was made redundant while on maternity leave

UK Supreme Court judge warns of cryptocurrency bubble … nearly a year after it burst
It looks like there won't be a SupremeCourtCoin

Tickets go on sale for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Event is double size of last year, with new sessions on mental health and diversity, alongside SQE headline discussion, innovation TED-style talks and insight from other industries

Justice Week? Government cuts MoJ budget by £300 million
Not a great start

Exclusive: The Inns of Court are looking for someone to help them design a more affordable BPTC
Anticipated 2020 launch

Judges handed 2% annual pay rise despite independent report recommending bigger boosts
Uplift in line with other public-sector workers, says government

Gordon Dadds seals merger with Ince & Co but remains tight-lipped over whether Lord Hain will have role with the new firm
Tie-up creates UK's largest listed outfit

Survey: Which version of Brexit do you support?
Have your say in Legal Cheek’s survey
New two-part BPTC approved by regulator
Spilt vocational offering could reduce risks and costs associated with pursuing a career at the bar

Exclusive: Lord Hain is paid adviser to law firm that represented The Telegraph in Sir Philip Green injunction case
Peer with power to override courts works for Gordon Dadds LLP

‘It’ll leave you dead inside!’ New pop song warns students not to become lawyers
Catchy careers advice courtesy of US musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The Secret Barrister secures second book deal
Anonymous blogging heavyweight tells Legal Cheek they won't be quitting the bar anytime soon

Court prankster takes aim at broken toilets and lack of lifts in fake HMCTS notice
It appears to be have been posted on a robing room wall

Latham & Watkins London lawyer reveals double life as castle-living Lord
Intellectual property specialist lives on a 3,500-acre estate

Barristers’ chambers to open Brexit office in remote Irish village
Online outfit Clerksroom set to launch 'Annex' in Murrisk, population 300

Slaughter and May lawyers to be offered coding classes as part of new training pilot
As magic circle firm expands tech incubation programme

Pro bono week: Solicitor general appears to sign death warrant for controversial City law firm levy
MP says government not persuaded by Michael Gove-era idea of 1% turnover tax on mega-firms

Barrister who pinched nightclub-goer’s purse loses High Court appeal against suspension
Juliana Dorairaj was not prosecuted, but was made the subject of a community resolution order