Category: News

Chilcot: UK’s toughest ever précis challenge — tweet by tweet

Lawyers among the leading contenders as tweeters attempted to condense 2.6 million words into 140 characters

Jul 6 2016 1:15pm

Trowers & Hamlins reveals autumn retention rate of 79%

Seasonal fluctuations continue to affect national firm

Jul 6 2016 12:37pm

Top firms release their full year financial results and profits per equity partner continue to rise across the board

Gravy train continues on merry way but will Brexit prove to be a buffer?

Jul 6 2016 9:58am

London solicitors look to dual qualify as New York attorneys amid Brexit chaos

Leaving Europe could be bad news for status of English law

Jul 6 2016 9:02am

City lawyer at centre of Legal Cheek investigation quits profession over CV fabrications

Ex-McCarthy Tétrault "consultant" claimed, among other things, to have obtained an LLM from King’s College and a PHD from the University of Zurich

Jul 5 2016 4:43pm

‘The day of the constitutional lawyer has come’ says Prof Dougan

Liverpool Uni law lecturer gives evidence to House of Commons Treasury Committee on all things Brexit

Jul 5 2016 1:49pm

Magic circle embraces artificial intelligence

Clifford Chance latest outfit to embrace futuristic robot-style tech to improve speed, efficiency and quality

Jul 5 2016 11:58am

Lily Allen tweets about Farage & Co at a mysterious garden party

But did she over-step the mark in terms of privacy law?

Jul 4 2016 3:05pm

Wannabe barrister creates ‘Brexiles’ website to help young people flee Britain

Oxford grad creates online resource tool in wake of historic referendum vote

Jul 4 2016 12:49pm

Westminster prof named ‘Law Teacher of the Year 2016’

Lisa Webley scoops coveted prize, seeing off competition from the likes of Oxford, Leicester and Nottingham Trent

Jul 4 2016 10:45am

Legal dream team fights to make Brexit conditional on parliamentary backing

Big guns from Mishcon de Reya, Blackstone, Matrix and Monckton take aim at referendum decision

Jul 4 2016 7:49am

The next legal boom? India to open legal market to international law firms

Some welcome news amid Brexit chaos for London's megafirms

Jul 4 2016 7:48am

What Brexit? Herbert Smith Freehills boosts pay for newly qualified solicitors to £90,000

Trainee salaries also rise at London office of global giant

Jul 1 2016 1:58pm

Shearman & Sterling retains all 13 of its qualifying trainees

Gold stars and pats on the back all round at big-paying US firm's London office

Jul 1 2016 10:24am

Fieldfisher kicks off Autumn retention season with perfect 100% result

Meanwhile City outfit CMS Cameron McKenna finally reveals disappointing spring figure of just 62%

Jun 30 2016 12:41pm

Criminal barrister handed suspended sentence for stalking ex-lover

Conviction follows on from his lawyer wife being given a 12-month restraining order and curfew for her own campaign against husband’s ex-mistress

Jun 30 2016 11:16am

Crowd justice to the rescue

Top QC calls on the crowd in their wisdom to clear up constitutional chaos

Jun 29 2016 3:29pm

University of Law offers half price course fees for out-of-work LPC students

Wannabe lawyers will still receive a 50% rebate on LPC fees if they have failed to secure employment within nine months of graduating

Jun 29 2016 12:05pm