High Court
Legal aid: Law Society seeks permission to challenge government in High Court
Row over fees looks set to escalate
Ex-Jones Day partner fined £25k over ‘burn it’ order
Raymond McKeeve avoids prison over “spontaneous act of colossal stupidity”
City lawyer in criminal contempt for ‘spontaneous act of colossal stupidity’
Ex-Jones Day partner Raymond McKeeve sent ‘burn it’ instruction following search order
The very human history of defamation from the Duke d’Orléans to Wagatha Christie
As the High Court finds in favour of Colleen Rooney, Legal Cheek’s Will Holmes explores defamation’s murky past
Top judge blasts ‘creeping march of anonymity’ in solicitor disciplinary rulings
High Court orders transparency in misconduct acquittal of City lawyer over posts on her 330,000-follower Instagram account
High Court rejects barrister’s appeal against fine for calling opponent a ‘hysterical woman’
Judge dismisses argument that the sanction infringed on freedom of expression
Barrister who sexually assaulted colleague during ‘drunken bender’ wins disbarment appeal
High Court orders Kevin Stewart Farquharson be suspended from practice for two years for assault
Former Dechert partner slammed for leaking to press about his own client
High Court finds Neil Gerrard committed ‘gross and knowing breach of duty’
High-flying media lawyer acting for ex-MI6 Trump dossier author disbarred for faking High Court order
Nicola Cain also submitted witness statement for client Christopher Steele without authorisation
Virtual hearings starving junior lawyers of advocacy opportunities, warns top judge
Sir Julian Flaux says many find themselves ‘limited to being a tile without picture or sound on a Teams screen’
Barrister fails to overturn six-month suspension for sexual comments to mini-pupil
Robert Michael Kearney challenged delay in reporting vulgar remarks
Human rights lawyer jailed for contempt after deliberate breach of High Court order
Judge slams Soophia Khan for ‘defiance of her regulator’
High Court judge left unimpressed after barristers spoke too quickly
Bar students take note
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
High Court judge apologises for ‘sexist comment’ to lawyer
Judge Daniel Schaffer issued ‘formal advice’ by Lord Chief Justice
Top judge slams BSB over ‘injustice’ to student wrongly kicked off bar training course
Ryan Eve vindicated in High Court after regulator’s blunders
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
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
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