Category: News

Property lawyer fined £10,000 for renting out house with ‘kitchen in the garden shed’

She told the court a tenant built the illegal extension without her knowledge

Apr 25 2017 1:44pm

It’s official: The LPC and GDL are being scrapped

Solicitor super-exam will replace traditional routes to qualification as soon as September 2020

Apr 25 2017 11:30am

Liz Truss will not make a year as Lord Chancellor, Joshua Rozenberg predicts

She’s unlikely to survive post-election reshuffle

Apr 24 2017 11:50am

Clifford Chance to fund community law graduate scheme likened to Teach First

Youth advocates will help protect the legal rights of vulnerable children

Apr 24 2017 10:23am

Slater and Gordon solicitor, 31, becomes youngest coroner in England and Wales

Leeds University graduate reaches judicial office way ahead of schedule

Apr 24 2017 9:14am

‘Active, aggressive and long-winded’: verdict on Trump’s Supreme Court appointee

US media sizes up Neil Gorsuch's first court appearances

Apr 21 2017 1:29pm

ULaw to launch ‘MA Law’ alternative to the GDL

Because it's a masters UK students will qualify for a £10,000 government loan

Apr 21 2017 12:07pm

Snap election: government bill that would make it easier for individuals to set up unis could be scrapped

The Prisons and Courts Bill has already been abandoned, now maybe May's announcement will save us from a Trump University in Britain

Apr 21 2017 10:46am

Allen & Overy at back-end of gender diversity league table as magic circle giant reveals just 8% of its new partners are female

On the other hand, Pinsents and Mishcon have made up 60%+ female partners

Apr 21 2017 9:09am

Soon-to-be Aberdeen LLM student writes to the Prime Minister to tell her why Article 50 notification is illegal

He thinks Brexit should be ‘terminated’, at least until the UK and EU courts consider his letter

Apr 20 2017 12:14pm

City University BPTC grad who stole cash from colleagues’ bags BARRED from legal profession

Mahnoor Choudhury was working as a paralegal at the time

Apr 20 2017 11:05am

Pay trainees and NQs less; pay mid-level associates more, argues influential commentator

Rookie lawyer remuneration in London may have reached unsustainable levels

Apr 20 2017 9:02am

Clifford Chance lawyer set to become 173rd president of the Law Society

Litigation specialist Simon Davis to take over top spot in 2019

Apr 19 2017 12:25pm

Law students and rookie lawyers set to vote Lib Dem on 8 June

Legal Cheek snap election survey reveals Labour are out of favour

Apr 18 2017 5:12pm

Diversity isn’t working, says Somali refugee who beat odds to become a barrister

Hashi Mohamed was raised exclusively on state benefits, and he believes open recruitment has made ‘little if any difference’

Apr 18 2017 12:13pm

Serial offender with 460 convictions smashes a law firm’s windows (again) in bid to be sent to prison

He said 'Champion! Thanks' when told he was going inside

Apr 13 2017 12:31pm