Category: News

Scanning a defendant’s brain can establish mens rea, claim neuroscientists

Will the results be used in the courtroom?

Mar 14 2017 12:31pm

Morning round-up: Tuesday 14 March

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Mar 14 2017 7:36am

‘There is no incentive for junior lawyers to qualify into criminal law’, says Junior Lawyers Division

And there will be even less incentive after MoJ pay reforms

Mar 13 2017 2:23pm

Bragging barristers: Bar Council issues fresh guidance for online etiquette

Just weeks after Michael Wolkind QC was fined over website claims

Mar 13 2017 12:49pm

Law firm partner’s career hangs in the balance after High Court headbutt attack on EastEnders star’s father

Property law specialist Philip Saunders handed an 18-month suspended sentence

Mar 13 2017 11:10am

LGBT moot: BPP Law School snatches victory from 2016 winners Oxford University

The competition was judged by some of the country's leading human rights specialists

Mar 13 2017 9:11am

‘How Twitter works’ appendix to Katie Hopkins libel judgment was penned by rookie barrister, reveals phone hacking lawyer

But 5RB’s Greg Callus insists viral guide was a team effort as Jack Monroe describes him as “lovely”

Mar 11 2017 4:00pm

Freshfields unveils 84% spring retention score

Magic circle outfit keeps 31 of its 37 NQs

Mar 10 2017 3:43pm

Pants on fire: Lawyer’s trousers burst into flames while defending client accused of arson

Stephen Gutierrez blamed the crotch combustion on a faulty e-cigarette battery

Mar 10 2017 10:18am

Rare species alert: INTERESTING pensions cases in the Supreme Court today

Juicy legal human rights issues, equality and the principle of retrospective effect -- with seven QCs getting stuck in

Mar 9 2017 2:10pm

Olswang partner who completed training contract AND pupillage within a year of each other lands top legal role at Facebook

Anna Caddick will head up the social media giant's regulatory and litigation team

Mar 9 2017 12:44pm

Oxford trumps Cambridge in world law school rankings, again

Eight UK institutions land top 50 slots, a drop on last year's results

Mar 9 2017 11:00am

Now even City lawyers can’t afford to get onto the London property ladder

A training contract is not always enough to get you a mortgage

Mar 9 2017 9:58am

BPP University chief exits after 20 years at legal education giant

Carl Lygo started as a tutor at the law school in the 1990s

Mar 8 2017 6:43pm

International Women’s Day: Lack of confidence deterring women from applying for silk

Barristers urge female seniors to be an inspiration to their juniors

Mar 8 2017 9:39am