Category: News

Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed

Eminent private client outfit remains tightlipped over dealings with Azerbaijan president's daughters

Apr 6 2016 11:43am

Lancaster law student believed to have died fighting for ISIS

Khalif Shariff enrolled at the law school in 2014, but abandoned his LLB to flee to Syria

Apr 6 2016 10:48am

York law student claims antisemitism on the increase at UK universities

“I feel quite uncomfortable on campus, it’s quite intimidating”

Apr 6 2016 9:10am

The Law Society has just wasted £7 million on a failed business venture — here is what they could have spent it on

Independent review reveals a catalogue of errors led to conveyance software flop

Apr 5 2016 12:11pm

Missing Queen Mary law undergrad found dead in Slovenia

He had not been seen since February

Apr 5 2016 9:48am

65% of kids think lawyers are men

And they drew some delightful pictures to demonstrate this

Apr 5 2016 9:04am

Northern megafirm Hill Dickinson retains all six of its spring qualifiers

Liverpool-based outfit strikes perfect 100% trainee retention score

Apr 4 2016 2:44pm

Sidley Austin pays £100,000 each to seven Kirkland & Ellis associates as signing-on fee

City law juniors haul in Premier League footballer-level money

Apr 4 2016 9:31am

King & Wood Mallesons and Eversheds reveal contrasting trainee retention performances

Meanwhile, Simmons & Simmons accused of retention figure manipulation

Apr 1 2016 2:02pm

Aspiring solicitor’s training contract deemed worthless after she was left unsupervised for 15 months

Supervisor took maternity leave without arranging appropriate support

Apr 1 2016 11:06am

Doughty Street junior barrister replaces Shami Chakrabarti as director of Liberty

Martha Spurrier was called to the bar in 2010, the same year as Amal Clooney

Mar 31 2016 1:24pm

Bigshot megafirm partner banned from UK legal practice after billing clients for luxury family holidays

Top lawyer also used firm's cash to pay off debts he owed relating to spin-off venture

Mar 31 2016 11:55am

Gloucestershire Uni law student charged with attempted murder after Megabus knife attack

20 year-old could face lengthy spell behind bars if found guilty

Mar 31 2016 10:49am

DLA Piper associate struck off for concealing strike out

Young real estate associate at international giant fabricated court documents

Mar 30 2016 4:38pm

Britain’s first black female High Court judge opens up about racism at the bar

Clerks would Tippex out her name on briefs and write in the name of male pupil they wanted to be the tenant

Mar 30 2016 1:11pm

Inns of Court quietly open applications for big money Graduate Diploma in Law scholarships

Over half a million quid up for grabs for wannabe lawyers

Mar 30 2016 9:24am

Top social media barrister says screenshotting Snapchats is unlikely to be illegal

Christina Michalos pours scorn on “extremely misleading” tabloid analysis

Mar 29 2016 1:42pm