Category: News

Suing your 12 year-old nephew theoretically possible in England — but no lawyer would take case on

US aunt v nephew birthday hug case would require a litigant-in-person on these shores … or an English Saul Goodman

Oct 14 2015 2:36pm

A major law firm has been dramatically shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

Move comes after Legal Aid Agency referred Blavo & Co to the police

Oct 14 2015 11:13am

No more 85ft Helter Skelter rides: Law firm with coolest office in Britain moves on

Sheffield IP solicitors bid farewell to office with three storey high spiral slide

Oct 14 2015 9:20am

TV barrister Judge Rinder urges ‘serious’ law students to lighten up in order to succeed

Celeb lawyer claims aspiring solicitors and barristers are better off watching his show than attending boring law lectures

Oct 13 2015 1:19pm

The law from 1835 that bans ‘hoverboards’

Police tweet reminder of section 72 of the Highway Act 1835 amid rise of new craze

Oct 13 2015 9:51am

Over 340 lawyers and former judges blast UK refugee policy in full-page newspaper ad

Top lawyers use The Times to lambast government over "deeply inadequate" Syrian refugee policy

Oct 12 2015 11:18am

Computer glitch tells London BPP students they’ll have to go to Manchester to graduate

But law school's boss pledges there'll be space at ceremonies in the capital

Oct 12 2015 9:49am

Full transcript: Incredible Peter Andre High Court judgment lifts lid on mad world of reality TV

Mr Justice Flaux's ruling is a must-read for fans of celeb gossip

Oct 9 2015 3:08pm

Goldsmith Chambers barrister accused of perverting the course of justice in cricket Twitter libel case

Andrew Fitch-Holland, who is alleged to have asked a witness to give false evidence, denies charge

Oct 9 2015 1:23pm

Supreme Court judge Lord Carnwath misses out on ‘The Martian’ glory

Choir of which judge is key member does music for Hollywood blockbuster ... without him

Oct 9 2015 9:43am

Twitter’s top lawyer sees £10 million wiped off value of her shares

Tough times for one of world's richest general counsel

Oct 8 2015 1:48pm

Clyde & Co’s trainee retention rate plunges from 98% to 76%

Firm which has grown rapidly through mergers retains fewer trainees than in 2011

Oct 8 2015 12:02pm

Allen & Overy moves forward training contract deadline to New Year’s Eve in bid to bag top students

Taylor Wessing also has a new earlier deadline as old graduate recruitment code is ditched

Oct 7 2015 5:50pm

Students handed £2.5k for each year of their law degree by City firm in socio-economic diversity push

CMS Cameron McKenna scheme one of the first to assist undergrads

Oct 7 2015 3:44pm

Law student wins landmark privacy case against Facebook and is congratulated by Edward Snowden

Vienna University's Max Schrems has created a piece of EU law in his spare time

Oct 7 2015 10:53am

Chambers Most List 2016: More money flows to the expanding Oxbridge elite

79% of rookie barristers at the top 50 chambers went to Oxford or Cambridge

Oct 7 2015 10:01am

What, no lawyers on this year’s The Apprentice!?

Lawyer-loathing Lord Sugar snubs legal sector as new contestants are revealed

Oct 6 2015 1:55pm

Bar chief says young barristers ‘unable to fulfil potential’ as law reporters launch scholarship for skint pupils

Law reporting charity chips in with some cash for legal aid rookies

Oct 6 2015 11:24am