Category: News

Ashurst keeps 19 out of 21 qualifying trainees
Autumn retention score of 90%

Lawyers discuss stolen ruby slippers, Van Gogh and Boy George’s Christian icon as IBA Conference kicks off in Rome
Six thousand descend on Italian capital for week-long law 'mingle-athon'

Transgender lawyer sues Father Ted creator for allegedly publishing tweets containing her former male name
It is understood to be UK’s first 'deadnaming' case

SRA awarded £700,000 to fund ‘robolawyer’ projects
Taxpayers' cash will help support AI innovations within the legal services sector

UCL law lecturer shocks freshers with his ‘really bad’ first ever essay
They gave it a borderline 2:2/third

Free Representation Unit teams up with The Secret Barrister in new CrowdJustice appeal
Blogging heavyweight becomes legal charity's first anonymous patron

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner gives law students a taste of trainee life with virtual reality goggles
It's not the first time a City law firm has embraced headset-style tech

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