Tag: Barristers

Freshfields, Clifford Chance, BLP, Ashurst and DWF lawyers among 300 to offer support following Manchester bombing pro bono appeal

Twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured after suicide bomber targeted Ariana Grande gig

May 31 2017 4:09pm

High Court judge ‘kissed on the cheek’ during Middle Temple Lane robbery, court hears

Sir Robin Knowles QC was allegedly mugged by man clutching champagne bottle stolen from chambers

May 30 2017 3:51pm

BSB approves shared parental leave scheme for self-employed barristers

Regulator hopes the move will encourage more gender diversity within the profession

May 30 2017 1:33pm

Barristers and football agents team up to kick off new ‘innovative’ legal business

VII Law becomes the bar’s first licensed ABS

May 25 2017 11:46am

Revealed: 60% of lawyers think visible tattoos are not acceptable in their firms and chambers

Could we see a discrimination case in the near future?

May 25 2017 10:52am

Pro bono appeal: Manchester Law Society calls on lawyers to help victims of arena terrorist attack

Twenty-two people killed after suicide bomber targeted Ariana Grande concert

May 24 2017 11:26am

The Trial: Lawyers react to new docudrama starring real QCs and an ex-Old Bailey judge

‘First major inaccuracy, it started on time’

May 22 2017 10:47am

A Latham & Watkins lawyer is standing for UKIP in the general election

Tim Page is counsel at the US giant’s London office

May 19 2017 11:36am

Is the bar’s appeal to the best graduates destroying the magic circle?

In America the top legal talent joins law firms -- but not always in Britain

May 17 2017 10:50am

More people want to date lawyers than any other profession

Two have been named most-wanted singles in London

May 10 2017 1:18pm

Top lawyers clash over whether we should have a written constitution

Is now the UK’s ‘constitutional moment’?

May 5 2017 11:17am

Language of the law decoded: The litigation edition

The revered Wigapedia returns to Legal Cheek for his 2017 jargon buster

May 2 2017 8:58am