Category: News

King’s College ditches plan to rebrand as ‘King’s London’

Was it wannabe solicitor's class action threat wot won it?

Jan 19 2015 4:44pm

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The craziest small claim ever?

Jan 19 2015 2:07pm

City law firm finally realises that trainees don’t know what ‘commercial awareness’ is

Hogan Lovells in bid to explain mythical concept to new recruits

Jan 19 2015 1:06pm

Full 21 minute video: Clifford Chance trainee’s Charlie Hebdo rant has re-appeared on YouTube

Exclusive: Magic circle rookie issues apology as his controversial musings on Paris attacks re-emerge online

Jan 19 2015 9:34am

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Willy Wonka and the magic circle firm

Jan 16 2015 4:20pm

You might want to avoid White & Case’s canteen

London office of US firm given 1/5 hygiene rating by Food Standards Agency

Jan 16 2015 2:12pm

Heartthrob Cumberbatch in shock revelation: he wanted to be a barrister

Actor parents of Sherlock star encouraged him to go into law, but the closest he came was to preside over Judge Rinder's wedding

Jan 16 2015 12:03pm

Research: 77% of rookie tenants at top 30 chambers went to Oxbridge

Top end of the junior bar is dominated by Oxford and Cambridge -- to a far greater extent than leading law firms

Jan 16 2015 9:27am

Morning round-up: Friday 16 January

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Jan 16 2015 8:05am

Have you seen missing Durham law student Euan Coulthard?

Law second year last seen leaving Durham nightclub Loveshack

Jan 15 2015 8:52pm

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Great puns, but why the penguins?

Jan 15 2015 5:11pm

Ex-Brunel law student scammed tens of thousands from migrants to fund gambling debts

Abdul Farooq admits being in cahoots with dodgy Border Agency official to hoodwink the vulnerable

Jan 15 2015 3:29pm

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Hammer time

Jan 14 2015 6:23pm

Clifford Chance trainee pulls Charlie Hebdo rant from YouTube

Exclusive: Magic circle firm distances itself from rookie's online diatribe -- not difficult to imagine the reaction of senior partners

Jan 14 2015 4:52pm

New silks: Women and ethnic minorities have best strike rate, but men dominate

Today’s silk round shows women and ethnic minorities have a much better success rate than their male counterparts -- but they still lag way behind in applications

Jan 14 2015 1:09pm

Legal profession has best-ever showing in gay-friendly employer rankings

Three law firms make top 10 of Stonewall list, seven more in top 100 -- and one granted "star performer" status. Plus the CPS is there too

Jan 14 2015 11:30am

Is this the most random Twitter hacking ever to have befallen a law firm?

Hill Dickinson’s Twitter account "hacked" by The Undateables fan

Jan 14 2015 9:21am

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"Shit happens"

Jan 13 2015 4:38pm