Category: News

BPP to cover course fees of ex-KWM future trainees as it emerges that firm collapsed owing law school £236,000

Bristol and Oxford students law societies also left out of pocket as millionaire ex-KWM partners join new firms

Apr 6 2017 9:44am

I’ve been paid! QC dismisses report claiming she is owed £200,000 following collapse of KWM

Catherine Newman QC says she received money in full despite featuring in administrators statement

Apr 5 2017 4:03pm

City Uni law students victorious in Luxembourg Court of Justice moot

They beat fellow finalists from the Netherlands, Latvia and Sweden

Apr 5 2017 12:15pm

BPP unveils two new LLM programmes tailored to practice as a solicitor or barrister

And both are eligible for government student loans

Apr 5 2017 9:20am

Better late than never: Liz Truss finally made honorary bencher of Lincoln’s Inn

Apparently one Court of Appeal judge refused to stand up

Apr 4 2017 1:04pm

Berwin Leighton Paisner to offer City trainees secondments at its Manchester hub

As international outfit confirms first northern rookie lawyers

Apr 4 2017 12:20pm

Online petition calling on government to shelve late opening hours for courts hits target of 2,000 signatures

Lawyers with young children could be placed at a disadvantage

Apr 4 2017 10:09am

Aspiring barrister who documented her BPTC struggles in new BBC programme is appealing Inner Temple’s decision to deny her a scholarship

Leila Taleb is from a working class family in Bradford and is trying to raise £14,500 for her fees

Apr 3 2017 12:58pm

Cornerstone Barristers ups pupillage award by 25% to £50,000

Chambers responsible for saving Fabric nightclub chucks extra cash at its pupils

Apr 3 2017 10:22am

The case of the missing comma: Court of Appeal judgment is all about the grammar

Lack of the so-called Oxford comma leads to truckers' victory in overtime payment case

Mar 31 2017 9:21am

Law firm that handed back controversial £300,000 grant is closed down by SRA

It's been a busy few weeks for Asons Solicitors

Mar 30 2017 5:25pm

Bolton law firm hands back controversial £300,000 council grant under threat of legal action

Asons Solicitors ceased trading on Friday after it was purchased by Coops Law

Mar 30 2017 10:36am

Students campaign for Bristol law school to be renamed over its links with slave trade

They claim Henry Wills, who the building is named after, is a ‘slave profiteer’

Mar 30 2017 9:11am

Article 50 has been triggered

Theresa May has done the deed, despite confusion about its revocability

Mar 29 2017 12:27pm

Trial of Southampton law student accused of Valentine’s Day manslaughter begins

Russell Group LLB-er alleged to have killed a father-of-ten with one punch

Mar 29 2017 10:24am