Category: News

The great Mansfield Chambers exodus: 50% of barristers quit the set

Exclusive: Half of the members of Michael Mansfield QC's set have just left

Nov 4 2015 12:06pm

Two already huge London megalaw firms are set to get even bigger

Dentons and Eversheds seek to reach Coca-Cola and Pepsi levels of ubiquity

Nov 4 2015 9:39am

Supreme Court judge predicts that a flurry of women will follow Lady Hale into top court over next five years

With nine places on highest bench shortly up for grabs, expect a shake-up

Nov 3 2015 4:06pm

Chelsea FC-mad corporate lawyer tells Liverpool fans to ‘crawl back to your horrible Merseyside home’

Partner at London office of US firm latest to be caught out by YouTube and Twitter

Nov 3 2015 3:13pm

Cambridge law student goes public about creepy rubber duck stalking campaign

Undergraduate who has done mini-pupillages at two top sets tells world about attracting unwanted attention

Nov 3 2015 12:34pm

City lawyers can’t agree if they should fill the legal aid gap

National Pro Bono week kicks off with a disagreement about Justice Secretary Michael Gove's grand plan

Nov 3 2015 10:14am

Inner Temple votes to cut library space by nearly 60% so it can build a lecture theatre

Move comes as rumours of not-for-profit BPTC continue to swirl

Nov 2 2015 4:07pm

Why is nobody talking about this Friday’s Inns of Court scholarship deadline?

£5 million in cash and rent-free flats in central London up for grabs, but publicity is minimal

Nov 2 2015 12:06pm

Ethnic minority City lawyers still under-represented at the top

Only a handful of internationalist firms reflect diversity of the general UK population

Nov 2 2015 10:07am

A practising barrister who failed to declare his old criminal convictions has been disbarred

Omissions come back to haunt forgery barrister 16 years later

Oct 30 2015 2:04pm

Police investigate after sex attack on paralegal’s miniature Shetland pony

Tiny horse was found badly injured, with two separate internal injuries

Oct 30 2015 11:47am

Not accepting students with 2:2s is ‘discriminatory’, argues top legal academic

Dr Steven Vaughan says degree class doesn’t tell the whole story

Oct 30 2015 9:09am

City law firm trainee pukes on senior colleagues at awards ceremony

Stephenson Harwood rookie "extremely embarrassed" after vomiting on three associates

Oct 30 2015 8:33am

Top Blackstone Chambers QC rejects Oxford prof’s claim that technology will destroy legal profession

Lawyers survived email and Twitter -- and they'll survive everything else, predicts David Pannick QC

Oct 29 2015 1:59pm

Blogging ex-judge gives exclusive insight into one of most influential cases of past 150 years

Former Court of Appeal man reveals what it was like to decide Re A (conjoined twins)

Oct 29 2015 12:24pm

Humans star Gemma Chan reveals that she nearly joined Slaughter and May

Oxford law graduate did vac scheme at magic circle firm

Oct 29 2015 11:27am

Halloween is coming: Witch takes ‘world’s best-known warlock’ to court over harassment claims

Witches versus warlocks -- but who will triumph in court?

Oct 28 2015 3:05pm

Mysterious barrister lifts lid on cocaine-fuelled life at the bar

Courts are apparently full of coke-head lawyers ogling jury members

Oct 28 2015 11:47am

New Legally Blonde film could feature Elle Woods as a Supreme Court judge

Reese Witherspoon has serious ambitions for her character

Oct 28 2015 10:41am

Supreme Court hears joint enterprise case that could shake up criminal law syllabuses

Key legal principle could be overhauled -- and the whole process is being charted live via video and social media

Oct 28 2015 9:53am

Smart-dressing Royal Holloway law student slams ‘tracksuit slob’ classmates for judging her

Fresher goes public with pain at "passive-aggressive" remarks from casually-dressed peers

Oct 27 2015 9:29pm