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‘It’s a scratchy response’: Committee chair shares his views on MoJ’s court fees feedback

Bob Neill MP, justice committee chair, tells Legal Cheek that MPs will continue to push for full review

Nov 11 2016 8:57am

Morning round-up: Friday 11 November

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Nov 11 2016 7:41am

Bar Council backs Truss’s calls for ‘wider pool of talent’ for judicial selection

Even though this means more non-barristers becoming judges

Nov 10 2016 4:20pm

Fancy a three-course lunch with City firm partners? Fundraising challenge has some awesome prizes

Rallying call to wannabe lawyers as National Pro Bono Week draws to a close

Nov 10 2016 12:14pm

Is there still any chance of me getting a training contract here in the UK?

International law student ponders life in England

Nov 10 2016 10:31am

Morning round-up: Thursday 10 November

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Nov 10 2016 7:49am

Berwin Leighton Paisner lifts post-Brexit referendum pay freeze

But it won’t backdate lawyer pay packets

Nov 9 2016 2:52pm

Trump is the President?!

So we’ve written a poem

Nov 9 2016 12:37pm

Supreme Court success for families involved in bedroom tax battle

Seven-judge bench upholds the claims of Jacqueline Carmichael and Paul and Susan Rutherford

Nov 9 2016 11:37am

High Court judges take legal action against Liz Truss over pension discrimination

Lord Chancellor’s week goes from bad to worse

Nov 9 2016 10:22am

Pinsent Masons creates Brexit-focused artificial intelligent software to help identify ‘risks’ to clients

Futuristic software has already been put to work on "a number of multi-billion dollar transactions"

Nov 9 2016 9:04am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 9 November

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Nov 9 2016 7:45am

On the eve of the Presidential election, we celebrate the man who would be king*

And if he wins, it’s a bonanza for lawyers

Nov 8 2016 1:02pm

DWF hangs on to just 62% of its newly qualifying lawyers

“This is certainly a lower number of trainees than we’d hoped to retain”, says firm

Nov 8 2016 11:56am

The law firms with the most approachable partners in Britain

They won't quite drop everything just to see you smile, but they're certainly very nice

Nov 8 2016 8:58am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 8 November

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Nov 8 2016 7:48am