Category: News

Would Brexit even be legal?

Top lawyers round on Gove and co’s “illegal” vote leave strategy

Jun 20 2016 10:22am

Lord Neuberger’s ‘plea’ for a university law syllabus shake up

“Greater prominence for ethics” proposals get the thumbs up from professors

Jun 17 2016 2:01pm

Magic circle lawyers register in Ireland ahead of EU referendum

With the EU referendum less than a week away, City outfits quietly ready themselves for possible exit

Jun 17 2016 11:53am

Aspiring barristers anger as Pupillage Gateway glitch means applications are missing GDL and BPTC grades

Exclusive: Gateway's copy-and-paste feature reproduces everything BUT vital grades on pupillage applications

Jun 17 2016 9:01am

Court of Appeal brands Judge Peter Smith’s incredible Blackstone Chambers letter ‘disgraceful’

CoA orders retrial in Harb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, but clears controversial judge of bias

Jun 16 2016 1:17pm

The Met rejects calls to investigate ‘Waterloo sex QC’ — for now

As Graeme Stening accepts a caution for outraging public decency, talk turns to his anonymous female companion and whether she should be investigated for perverting the course of justice

Jun 16 2016 12:55pm

US outfit Cadwalader ups London NQ pay to coveted £124,000 level

New York stalwart is the latest firm to jump aboard the "MoneyLaw" bandwagon

Jun 16 2016 10:45am

5 Essex Court invites wannabe barristers to pupillage interview by ‘mistake’

Exclusive: Technical glitch leaves bar hopefuls "gutted"

Jun 16 2016 9:03am

Sexist email DLA Piper partner fined £15,000

Nick West hit headlines back in 2014 after a number of derogatory emails between him and Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore were leaked

Jun 15 2016 11:54am

ULaw students petition government to fund aspiring lawyers’ LPCs

Second years push for university loan shake up

Jun 15 2016 9:07am

Thief found guilty of stealing his OWN defence barrister’s phone

Do not bite the hand that... is trying to keep you out of prison

Jun 14 2016 1:29pm

Is the Supreme Court about to change the law of homicide?

Student syllabuses set to change YET again

Jun 14 2016 12:48pm

Akin Gump London office latest to up NQ pay to £127k and beyond

City lawyers at Washington-based giant beneficiaries of US salary war and Brexit fears

Jun 14 2016 11:39am

Arts students STILL work harder than law students, latest stats suggest

Leading education think tank sparked outrage among wannabe lawyers last year after claiming they don't work as hard as their counterparts in other disciplines

Jun 14 2016 9:02am

Gloucestershire law student sentenced to five and a half years in prison for Easter Sunday Megabus stabbing

Judge told Mulazim Khan he’d ruined his hopes of becoming a barrister

Jun 13 2016 2:06pm

Most followed barrister on Instagram awarded an MBE

Yet another accolade for Doughty Street Chambers’ finest

Jun 13 2016 10:42am