Category: News
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
The Canary goes after legal Twitterati royalty
Barristers Adam Wagner and Jolyon Maugham QC targeted by left-wing news website following comments they made on social media
Labour conference round-up: Party says it will open law centres and raises concerns over digitisation of justice
Legal aid is a 'pillar of the welfare state', says shadow justice minister
Obscenity trial: Judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover expected to fetch £15,000
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Bar Council ups Pupillage Gateway application limit from 12 to 20
Centralised system reopens on 28 November
The Apprentice: ULaw grad and solicitor among this year’s contestants
Aspiring City lawyer Kurran Pooni and civil specialist Sarah Ann Magson to battle it out before Lord Sugar in this year’s series
Lincoln’s Inn reveals first images of new advocacy mega-bunker
Multi-million pound redevelopment nears completion
PwC strikes ‘strategic alliance’ with US law firm
Big Four's assault on the legal market continues
Bar Council slams plan to allow solicitors to qualify as barristers without pupillage
Regulator's proposal could also include law lecturers
Ropes & Gray combines contextual recruitment and CV blind in revamped trainee hiring process
US player will now recruit rookies exclusively from its vac scheme
Barrister disbarred after claiming Nazi spies were plotting to nuke the Queen during London Olympics
Michael Shrimpton was jailed in 2015 for communicating false information
Defending The Guilty: Lawyers split over new BBC barrister comedy
Series follows the exploits of four tenancy-hungry pupils