Category: News

Mr Justice Peter Smith is BARRED from hearing Addleshaw Goddard cases

The battle continues as list of firms and lawyers over whom he can no longer adjudicate grows and grows

May 18 2016 1:54pm

Lawyers try their hand at law-themed poetry, with hilarious results

#barristerpoetry brings light-hearted fun to steely profession

May 18 2016 12:54pm

Telly quiz show barrister accused of deliberately answering questions wrongly on charity special of The Chase

Quiz fans accuse criminal barrister of foul play so celebs can land charity jackpot

May 17 2016 10:43am

Exam cock-up sees Bristol land law paper accidentally uploaded online and left there for SEVEN hours

Undergrads left angry as staff scramble to draft new paper in time for May exam

May 17 2016 10:07am

Advocacy charity launches Teach First for wannabe lawyers

Brand new grad scheme launched for barrister hopefuls

May 17 2016 9:22am

‘I will no longer support your Chambers’: Top judge’s incredible letter to elite set Blackstone emerges in bias row

The full letter by Mr Justice Peter Smith revealed, as he is barred from hearing Blackstone barristers' cases

May 17 2016 8:07am

Junior barrister who supplied drugs that killed teenage boyfriend accepts his legal career is over

Last week Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron was sentenced to 140 hours of unpaid work and an 18-month supervision order

May 16 2016 2:22pm

Revealed: Britain’s most influential law student, as voted for by you

Hundreds of Legal Cheek readers cast their vote, but who’s nabbed the crown?

May 16 2016 11:58am

Law groups unify to create mental health taskforce

The move comes as research earlier this year revealed more than a third of calls to charity helpline were from stressed-out junior lawyers

May 16 2016 11:08am

Capital’s lawyers limber up for London Legal Walk

All the legal celebs will be there

May 16 2016 8:57am

Liverpool anger as Hillsborough QC is nominated for ‘Barrister of the Year’

John Beggs QC targeted in local press and on social media

May 13 2016 4:05pm

Cambridge academic rounds on Charlotte Proudman for writing same article ‘over and over again’

Lawyers aren’t very happy with latest piece from the LinkedIn row barrister

May 13 2016 10:43am

BPP Law School loses BPTC ethics exam papers during marking process

Exclusive: Wannabe barristers at London's Holborn branch could have to re-do the exam in August

May 13 2016 9:50am

£1m funding boost opens up Sutton Trust social mobility programme to 14 and 15 year-olds

Nearly 2000 youngsters to benefit from Pathways to Law over next four years, but no corresponding hike in number of undergrad mentors

May 13 2016 9:05am

Vladimir Putin is poster boy for satirical anti-UK Snoopers’ Charter campaign

Russian President is joined by political leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping appearing to endorse controversial bill

May 12 2016 12:38pm

BPTC satisfaction survey results: student happiness surprisingly unrelated to chances of pupillage success

Bar course experience better in the regions -- even if life afterwards often isn't

May 12 2016 9:06am