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Barrister used driving licence to eat pasta lunch after court security confiscated his fork
'What a forkin nuisance!'

Baker McKenzie’s lawyers and trainees can now wear jeans
But global giant’s recently relaxed dress code policy does not extend to leggings, flip-flops or trainers

BBC to broadcast lectures on law and politics by Lord Sumption
Outspoken Supreme Court justice will be the 2019 Reith Lecturer

Linklaters bumps junior lawyer base rate pay to £83,000
Magic circle titan's rookies also handed rises

Tory conference: Attorney General steals limelight from Theresa May’s speech
Geoffrey Cox's warm-up act references his legal negotiating skills

Lawyer bloggers given access to family courts in bid to combat ‘racy’ press coverage
Pilot scheme will run until June next year

Weil Gotshal boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £120,000
As it ups LPC maintenance grant by 25%

Super-exam cost revealed before Christmas, says SRA
As Kaplan's SQE director defends multiple choice format

The Supreme Court created an Instagram story of its two new justices being sworn in
Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin officially join the top bench

The 2019 Firms Most List goes live
Expanded lists now feature 90 firms -- each with a Legal Cheek View and Insider Scorecard ranking

TLT partner handed two-year driving ban after getting behind the wheel following ‘boozy’ client lunch
Paul Crighton was more than three times the drink-drive limit

Complaints about barristers jump by 30%
But number of disbarments is down, according to new report

Phone-hacking lawyer Mark Lewis to face disciplinary tribunal over ‘offensive’ social media posts
The allegations are as of yet unproven

Barrister draws criticism on Twitter over claims white people can identify as black
That escalated quickly

Manchester Uni’s law, business and computer science departments join forces with Freshfields and DWF for new lawtech research and teaching project
Now the scientists are getting involved

Twitter fraudster impersonates top criminal QC in unsophisticated money wiring scam
Internet wrong'un uses image of 2 Bedford Row's Michael Wolkind QC

Trainee lawyer who performed CPR on client awarded for life-saving actions
Adam French received a national 'Everyday Heroes' gong

London chambers set to make history by renaming itself after a woman
Helena Normanton was the first woman to practise at the bar

Ince & Co and Gordon Dadds in tie-up talks to create UK’s largest listed law firm
Statement issued to the London Stock Exchange