Category: News

Second year Southampton University law student charged with manslaughter

The aspiring lawyer was arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal Valentine’s Day attack

Jun 2 2016 1:52pm

Judge called out for sitting in jury box ‘eating candy’ during witness testimony

A hat-trick for the judge once reprimanded for going to a Halloween party dressed as a black prisoner

Jun 2 2016 9:58am

SRA delays super-exam decision until spring 2017

Final decision was due this month

Jun 1 2016 4:58pm

Clifford Chance ups trainee pay packets by 3.5%

Despite generous pay boost for NQs, there is no guarantee they will receive it

Jun 1 2016 2:47pm

Presidential nominee calls out judge; judge calls for documents to be released

Separation of Powers could be the new Game of Thrones

Jun 1 2016 11:07am

Brexit poll: 57% of lawyers want Britain to REMAIN in the EU

The biggest stay vote came from lawyers up in Scotland

May 31 2016 12:01pm

Shearman & Sterling boosts junior lawyer pay packets by 8% to £95,000

Pay rises across the board for lucky associates

May 27 2016 12:11pm

8 lawyers make the grade in new minority business power list

Strong showing from the magic circle

May 27 2016 9:02am

Barrister who accused Bar Disciplinary Tribunal of ‘lack of impartiality and independence’ has appeals booted out

Immigration barrister, and a former joint head of a chambers in Birmingham, has had two appeals and two judicial review applications dismissed

May 26 2016 2:06pm

Confirmed: Gay judge appointed as Master of the Rolls

History made as Sir Terence Etherton bags Lord Denning’s old job title

May 26 2016 1:12pm

BPP University student wins BARBRI Global Financial Crime Blogging Prize

Recent graduates from Trinity College Dublin and Essex University highly acclaimed

May 26 2016 10:04am

Psychoactive Substances Act BANNING legal highs comes into force today

New legislation has come under fire from many within the legal profession

May 26 2016 8:53am

‘Lawyered up’: Mr Justice Peter Smith takes legal advice

Judge who is the subject of an ongoing judicial investigation into possible bias instructs corporate and financial crime specialist BCL Burton Copeland

May 25 2016 11:16am

Judge sacked for watching porn in his ‘private chambers’ reprimanded by SRA

Solicitor turned district judge was removed from judicial office in March 2015

May 25 2016 10:17am

Fake lawyer who was jailed for tricking high-ranking judges BANNED from profession

Mohammed Kabba received a 16 month custodial sentence last summer for pretending to be a solicitor during an immigration case

May 24 2016 1:26pm