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Law firm partner’s career hangs in the balance after High Court headbutt attack on EastEnders star’s father

Property law specialist Philip Saunders handed an 18-month suspended sentence

Mar 13 2017 11:10am

LGBT moot: BPP Law School snatches victory from 2016 winners Oxford University

The competition was judged by some of the country's leading human rights specialists

Mar 13 2017 9:11am

Morning round-up: Monday 13 March

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Mar 13 2017 7:53am

‘How Twitter works’ appendix to Katie Hopkins libel judgment was penned by rookie barrister, reveals phone hacking lawyer

But 5RB’s Greg Callus insists viral guide was a team effort as Jack Monroe describes him as “lovely”

Mar 11 2017 4:00pm

Legal Cheek talks… ‘moaning millennials’

This week a trainee at a top City firm went public with her mortgage woes, but was she justified in doing so?

Mar 10 2017 4:20pm

Freshfields unveils 84% spring retention score

Magic circle outfit keeps 31 of its 37 NQs

Mar 10 2017 3:43pm

Pants on fire: Lawyer’s trousers burst into flames while defending client accused of arson

Stephen Gutierrez blamed the crotch combustion on a faulty e-cigarette battery

Mar 10 2017 10:18am

Morning round-up: Friday 10 March

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Mar 10 2017 7:52am

Rare species alert: INTERESTING pensions cases in the Supreme Court today

Juicy legal human rights issues, equality and the principle of retrospective effect -- with seven QCs getting stuck in

Mar 9 2017 2:10pm

Olswang partner who completed training contract AND pupillage within a year of each other lands top legal role at Facebook

Anna Caddick will head up the social media giant's regulatory and litigation team

Mar 9 2017 12:44pm

Oxford trumps Cambridge in world law school rankings, again

Eight UK institutions land top 50 slots, a drop on last year's results

Mar 9 2017 11:00am

Now even City lawyers can’t afford to get onto the London property ladder

A training contract is not always enough to get you a mortgage

Mar 9 2017 9:58am

The Sesh Act 2017: Exeter law students call on drafting skills to invent new drinking ‘legislation’

'All Core Squad members must dab upon hearing a dropping beat of a lit song'

Mar 9 2017 9:17am

Morning round-up: Thursday 9 March

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Mar 9 2017 7:42am

BPP University chief exits after 20 years at legal education giant

Carl Lygo started as a tutor at the law school in the 1990s

Mar 8 2017 6:43pm