Category: News

Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer

Fraud squad swooped on Chambers Solicitors in July and arrested two; meanwhile, New York-based former Tory MP reveals she’s had a Gorgeous George letter

Mar 4 2015 5:33pm

Fears of trainee recruitment free-for-all as solicitor watchdog threatens to bin code of practice

Exclusive: Law firms could be allowed to offer training contracts to students before they start uni

Mar 4 2015 3:06pm

George Galloway’s high street firm faces rough ride as media law big guns back twitterati in libel row

Bradford-based Chambers Solicitors has picked quite a fight as regulator is put on alert

Mar 4 2015 10:57am

Legal pic of the day

"Solicitors couldn't give a XXXX for anyone else"

Mar 3 2015 7:25pm

Newly-qualified solicitor retention at Hogan Lovells takes a hit amid practice area logjam

Anglo-US firm blames lack of openings in popular practice areas as only 66% of rookie lawyers stay on

Mar 3 2015 5:50pm

Wragge & Co’s idea of ‘fun and games’ leaves a lot to be desired

The good folk over at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co's recruitment department are a laugh a minute

Mar 3 2015 4:06pm

The horror, the horror, cries City solicitor leader at prospect of fresh training review

Uber-regulator takes heavy incoming fire after proposing yet another round of legal education navel gazing for later this year

Mar 3 2015 12:06pm

Bundle rage: Lawyer hits back after top judge labels page limit rule-breakers as ‘delinquents’

To roars of support on Twitter, St John's Chambers barrister Lucy Reed slams family division chief's court document rant

Mar 3 2015 10:46am

Disabled student takes on law school over dodgy swipe-card access to library

GDL student's persistence sees City University comply with disability legislation

Mar 3 2015 9:30am

Legal pic of the day

Dog 1 - Wig 0

Mar 2 2015 4:32pm

Law Society purges former chief executive from history books — or at least walls

Specially commissioned painting of hard man ex-boss Des Hudson is quietly removed from pride of place on Chancery Lane walls

Mar 2 2015 2:31pm

There was a poetry slam between two barristers on Twitter yesterday

11KBW's Sean Jones QC and direct access barrister Alistair Mitchell in #lawyerlovepoetry head-to-head

Mar 2 2015 9:50am

UCL prof named ‘Law Teacher of the Year’

Jane Holder beats off competition from, among others, universities of Leeds and Bangor to scoop random popular award

Mar 2 2015 9:15am

Legal pic of the day

You only live once

Feb 27 2015 4:33pm

Tory MP snubs QC darling of civil liberties bar in BBC documentary

Conservative awkward squad member Peter Bone quickly rejects invitation to Dinah Rose’s human rights event

Feb 27 2015 12:27pm

The Judge rules: The magic circle is dead! Er … no it’s not

London office of US firm or magic circle?

Feb 27 2015 9:43am

Lord Justice Leveson to brush up on Scots law as he heads north with Judge Rinder

The nation's favourite TV judges together at last

Feb 27 2015 9:10am

Morning round-up: Friday 27 February

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

Feb 27 2015 8:10am

Government names and shames law firm for failing to pay paralegal the minimum wage

But Rowe Sparkes Solicitors reckons the low pay was legit

Feb 26 2015 6:21pm