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Human rights lawyer jailed for contempt after deliberate breach of High Court order

Judge slams Soophia Khan for ‘defiance of her regulator’

4 days ago
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High Court judge left unimpressed after barristers spoke too quickly

Bar students take note

Dec 15 2021 10:48am
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Ex-Dechert partner to settle ‘spying’ claim against former client

Neil Gerrard reportedly agrees compensation deal that leaves former firm on the hook for costs

Nov 2 2021 1:16pm
High Court judge apologises for ‘sexist comment’ to lawyer

Judge Daniel Schaffer issued ‘formal advice’ by Lord Chief Justice

Aug 19 2021 10:51am
Top judge slams BSB over ‘injustice’ to student wrongly kicked off bar training course

Ryan Eve vindicated in High Court after regulator’s blunders

Jul 23 2021 11:30am
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Judge rejects attempt to rescue trainee’s claim form error in £700k case

No leniency shown to rookie who forgot to serve paperwork, despite pandemic

Apr 21 2021 9:18am

Junior solicitor struck off for faking colleague’s signature launches High Court appeal

Henna Zeb Khan found to have signed someone else’s name on property documents during her training contract

Mar 31 2021 9:23am
Controversial life of High Court judge nicknamed ‘Harman the Horrible’ and who once booted a taxi driver in the groin documented in incredible obituary

Sir Jeremiah Harman dies at 90

Mar 16 2021 9:58am
Summerfield Browne, Trustpilot, and the SRA

‘Law firms live by the sword of positive client feedback, but they also die from the sword of bad press’, writes employment solicitor Chris Hadrill

Feb 19 2021 10:26am
High Court video hearing thrown into chaos after intruders share pics of ‘well-endowed men’

Members of the public, who dialled into a case concerning Swindon Town F.C., blew raspberries, screamed and shared pornographic images

Feb 4 2021 10:03am
Law Society president faces misconduct tribunal after High Court rules he has case to answer

David Greene denies allegation he deliberately misled judge and says he fully expects to be cleared

Jan 13 2021 11:29am
SRA rules out Ryan Beckwith appeal

High Court had overturned SDT’s decision to fine former Freshfields partner

Dec 22 2020 10:34am

Ex-Freshfields partner ‘caught on the shifting sands of attitudes towards sexual behaviour’, High Court told

Ryan Beckwith appealing £35,000 fine over drunken sexual incident with junior colleague

Oct 22 2020 11:15am
Staffordshire law grad wins High Court judicial review declaring benefit regulations unlawful

Not a bad thing to have on your CV as a wannabe lawyer

Jul 28 2020 10:22am
Johnny Depp trial: 10 top advocacy tips we’ve learned so far…

Aspiring barristers should take note, advises Hardwicke’s Jasmine Murphy

Jul 20 2020 12:55pm
Henry Hendron wins appeal against second suspension

BSB concedes case on a technicality unearthed by its own barrister

Jun 3 2020 12:39pm
Dechert partner refused stay in case against former client accused of spying on him

Latest development in tangled legal battle between Neil Gerrard and mining firm he used to represent

Apr 30 2020 10:30am
Remote hearings resource hub launches in wake of virus pandemic

Richard Susskind-led platform comes as lawyers turn to tech to keep justice system functioning

Mar 31 2020 10:26am

Barrister fails to overturn £1,000 fine for ‘racially charged’ tweet

High Court rejects argument Twitter is ‘famously rude and offensive’

Mar 2 2020 11:24am
Gina Miller loses High Court bid to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament

Next stop: the Supreme Court

Sep 6 2019 11:38am