Category: News

First non-white Old Bailey judge was told to ‘try hairdressing instead’

Judge Anuja Ravindra Dhir QC also recalls being mistaken for a defendant when she was at the bar

Apr 10 2017 10:29am

Reprimanded: Judge who offered to pay victim surcharge for teenage defendant convicted of stabbing her abuser through the heart

Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said his actions amounted to misconduct

Apr 7 2017 1:14pm

Baker McKenzie keeps 13 of its 16 spring qualifiers

International outfit’s London office racks up 81% retention score

Apr 7 2017 12:49pm

Top black judge who said ‘racism is alive and well’ among the judiciary is reprimanded over ‘inappropriate’ comments

Peter Herbert gave a public speech following Tower Hamlets electoral fraud scandal

Apr 7 2017 11:29am

Law professor suing Donald Trump has made a cringeworthy World War I anniversary Twitter gaffe

He's a top Harvard academic who has appeared in the Supreme Court 36 times...

Apr 7 2017 10:51am

Competition: The Cyber Crime Blogging Prize

2017 Legal Cheek Journal competition opens -- with return transatlantic flights for the winner

Apr 6 2017 3:42pm

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