Category: News

Barrister fined £60 for using dead mother’s disabled blue badge to park outside court

Fraud specialist described it as a “moment of aberration”

Dec 2 2015 4:33pm

Supreme Court takes down Marks & Spencer in a momentous case set to impact LLB-ers

Sorry law students -- even more land law to learn

Dec 2 2015 2:39pm

Clyde & Co plans radical overhaul of diversity programme

City firm wants to shake off 'old boys club' reputation but Charlotte Proudman isn't convinced

Dec 2 2015 12:42pm

Judge allows pet cat to ’emotionally’ support defendant at court

Defendant's feline friend observed court proceedings from a shopping trolley

Dec 2 2015 11:29am

Much-maligned Bar Course Aptitude Test put on hold while regulator conducts review

The 2016 BCAT won't open til March at the earliest

Dec 2 2015 9:11am

REVEALED: The BPTC providers with the highest chance of pupillage

Northumbria is the worst; BPP London is the best -- but overall rate is poor

Dec 1 2015 1:55pm

Goldsmith Chambers barrister in tears after being found NOT GUILTY of perverting course of justice in cricket Twitter libel case

Andrew Fitch-Holland was accused of asking a witness to give false evidence

Dec 1 2015 11:41am

Yorkshire solicitor struck off after charging magic circle rates

£750-an-hour for executing a will

Dec 1 2015 10:58am

Exeter law graduate launches public appeal for job at busy London train station

Wannabe lawyer relies on street performer past in bid to kick-start law career

Dec 1 2015 9:30am

Science is harder than law, says Lord Neuberger

Head of Supreme Court reveals that he became a barrister after failing to cut it as a chemist

Nov 30 2015 1:51pm

‘UK’s top barrister’ forced to defend accusations of being ‘wholly incompetent’

Convicted murderer unhappy with Michael Wolkind QC, whose incredible website seems to have raised expectations

Nov 30 2015 12:05pm

HHJ Dodds has been dubbed ‘Britain’s rudest judge’

Former head of 15 Winckley Square seems to have been heavily influenced by Kevin the Teenager and Alan Partridge

Nov 30 2015 10:01am

Criminology student troll commits career suicide as he is exposed by top QC

But leading solicitor backs student's right to tell anti-Semitic gags

Nov 27 2015 4:12pm

Could Obama’s small step for space law be a giant leap for wannabe space solicitors?

Asteroid mining is now legal, potentially opening up a new work stream for corporate lawyers

Nov 27 2015 1:16pm

Slater & Gordon’s stock price plummets by over 50% as George Osborne aims to end compensation culture

This may be why few law firms are listed on the stock market

Nov 26 2015 4:20pm

First female Asian High Court judge sworn in

Bobbie Cheema-Grubb QC is a state-school educated northerner who wanted to be an astronaut

Nov 26 2015 9:10am

Beyoncé shakes up evidence and family law syllabuses

Lady Hale wants children to have a greater voice in court

Nov 25 2015 3:30pm

Addleshaw Goddard set to merge with Maclay Murray & Spens to create Anglo-Scottish megafirm

Combined firm could become one of the biggest sources of training contracts in the UK

Nov 25 2015 12:36pm

Job losses, falling profits and rising debt for Walkie Talkie law firm

DWF has a great London office and a big overdraft

Nov 25 2015 11:09am