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England cricket legend takes to Twitter to ask how lawyers can defend terrorists — barrister responds and gets blocked

Michael Vaughan poses a clichéd question that lawyers are really tired of hearing

Mar 29 2016 11:02am

LSE student who tried to ban free speech society shares tabloid ordeal pain

The motion filed by Maurice Banerjee Palmer was meant to be ironic

Mar 29 2016 9:16am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 29 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Mar 29 2016 7:59am

Celeb law watch: Pop stars in the news

It’s been a busy week for Madonna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney

Mar 24 2016 12:00pm

14 reasons why Easter is the worst time for law students

When did Easter bunnies and chocolate become equitable interests and chattels?

Mar 24 2016 10:03am

Research: One fifth of the world’s top law schools are in the UK

But Oxford and Cambridge miss out on the top spot

Mar 24 2016 9:05am

Morning round-up: Thursday 24 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Mar 24 2016 7:05am

Junior barrister admits supplying drugs that killed teenage boyfriend at Temple party

Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron will be sentenced on 3 May

Mar 23 2016 12:12pm

Hogan versus Gawker: Free speech can be costly

Gawker has been ordered to pay an astonishing $140 million in cumulative damages to the former US wrestling icon

Mar 23 2016 11:11am

Top EU law chambers ups pupillage award to £65,000 as Brexit vote looms

Monckton Chambers chucks an extra £5,000 at its junior legal talent

Mar 23 2016 9:19am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 23 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Mar 23 2016 8:06am

Aberdeen University law student found dead in her halls

The police are not treating her death as suspicious

Mar 22 2016 9:22am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 22 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Mar 22 2016 7:59am

15 tweets Lord Denning would have made had he been on Twitter

We bet the king of dissents would've been big on hashtags

Mar 21 2016 4:55pm

Simmons & Simmons keeps seven out of nine new qualifiers

Firm declines to comment on how many trainees started this round's qualification process

Mar 21 2016 2:44pm

Sheffield bids to wrestle corporate law northshoring crown from Manchester

Council big wigs offer cash incentives to get a piece of the outsourcing action

Mar 21 2016 1:36pm