Category: News

Norton Rose Fulbright unveils 75% spring retention score
As Browne Jacobson keeps three out of four NQs

Tort law gets the Lady Hale treatment as Supreme Court hears vicarious liability appeal
Case stems from the arrest of a suspected terrorist

The Secret Barrister’s legal analysis of Bananarama hit is a thing of beauty
? Come on baby, can’t you see, I stand accuuuused of love in the first degree ?

Law student set to start a training contract alongside her boyfriend’s ex writes to Graham Norton for relationship advice
He tells her it's 'plain stupid' they both work at the same firm

King’s College beats UCL in Vis Pre-Moot London derby
Big win for rookie arbitrators at White & Case-hosted comp
Brexit: Lords contemplate new ‘UK treaty court’ to sit above Supreme Court
Interesting options for post-withdrawal dispute resolution

Suspended chemsex junior barrister fined £250 after posting on Facebook that he’d had lunch at Middle Temple
Exclusive: Henry Hendron tells Legal Cheek he intends to challenge sanction
Second batch of speakers released for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference ahead of midnight early bird ticket deadline
Featuring big names from Deliveroo, the Universities of Leeds and Birmingham, Pinsent Masons and Hogan Lovells

Cambridge wrestles ‘best law school in the country’ crown from Oxford
Oxford had taken the top spot for past two years

White & Case keeps 13 out of 16 spring NQs
Demand for English-qualified lawyers continues to grow, says US titan

Russian oligarch’s ex-lawyer loses appeal over hidden art collection in largest ever divorce settlement case
£453 million ancillary relief

Wannabe barrister who lied about masters degree and work experience in pupillage application is disbarred
She claimed to have helped ten prisoners escape the death penalty

Macfarlanes reveals 100% spring retention score
‘Silver circle’ outfit keeps all six rookies due to qualify next month

Number of privately-educated law students falls as state school kids increase by thousands
Exclusive: Profession's social mobility problem not reflected at university level

Mystery man spotted with Princess Beatrice in Los Angeles is former Clifford Chance lawyer
Leeds law grad counts Floyd Mayweather Jr and Robbie Williams among his celebrity pals

Herbert Smith Freehills becomes first law firm to pay for lawyers’ gender reassignment surgery
Time off work on offer for those transitioning and for those whose family members are transitioning

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner: Transatlantic merger deal confirmed
New global outfit will be led by two women

Allen & Overy becomes final magic circle firm to boost LPC maintenance grant to £10,000
Future trainees pocket extra £3,000