Category: News

AI creativity machine to have its day in Supreme Court
Decision likely to come next year

Garden Court barrister threatened with arrest if he wrote ‘not my King’ on blank sheet of paper
Footage of incident goes viral

TLT sets science-based 2040 net-zero target
New green goals 'in recognition of the urgency of the global climate crisis'

Ex-Doughty Street barrister fined for ‘offensive’ tweets aimed at colleague
Daniel Bennett resigned from top human rights set in 2019 after link to anonymous account was revealed

Gowling WLG eyes Leeds launch
Move will strengthen housing and regeneration practice, says firm

Lawyers enter new era of KCs and Rex v. criminal prosecutions
Move from QC to KC effective immediately

Crimes committed in pursuit of principles may not harm your career, according to new SRA guidance
Regulator to show “broad discretion”

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Raab’s legacy project Bill of Rights Bill shelved
New Justice Sec also agrees to meet with striking criminal barristers

Hogan Lovells announces 83% trainee retention rate
19 out of 23

Womble Bond Dickinson ups NQ pay to £78,000
Rises in the regions too

Suella Braverman bags top job in Truss government
From giving out prizes at the Legal Cheek awards to Home Sec

Lord Reed spotted on University Challenge
UKSC President captained Balliol College Oxford

EXCLUSIVE: regional NQ pay hits all-time high of £81k in Osborne Clarke salary hike
Rises in the London office too

Ropes & Gray lawyer roasts Netflix hit show’s portrayal of City law life
“I couldn’t help but laugh over much how they got wrong on the practice of corporate law”

Express Solicitors offers staff an extra week’s pay as cost-of-living support
Available to all 430 staff

Criminal barristers go on strike – how did we get here?
Indefinite, uninterrupted strike starts today

Love Island contestant sets sights on SQE
Tyler Cruickshank to sit first exams in January

Kennedys increases NQ lawyer pay in London by 60%
£50,000 to £80,000

Do TV legal dramas represent real-life diversity?
New research examines portrayals of diversity (or lack thereof) in popular shows like Suits and Silk