Politics Archives - Legal Cheek

Former Macfarlanes solicitor is the new Lord Chancellor

Top government legal post occupied by a lawyer again

Jan 8 2018 5:43pm
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Most of the MPs controversially branded ‘Brexit mutineers’ by the press are lawyers

Enemies of the people 2.0?

Nov 15 2017 11:32am
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Prime Minister ‘broke the law’ in making Liz Truss Lord Chancellor, says ex-Lord Chancellor

Theresa May’s bad week continues…

Oct 6 2017 11:53am
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UKIP’s new logo is uncomfortably similar to BPP’s

Law school will be thrilled — and not short of access to trademark advice

Sep 29 2017 2:55pm
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Top QC renews attack on EU judges, days after husband BoJo’s controversial Brexit piece

Marina Wheeler may upset colleagues at One Crown Office Row

Sep 21 2017 1:22pm
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Number of lawyers in Justice Committee drops by almost a third as new members revealed

Now there’s only one solicitor

Sep 13 2017 1:33pm
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‘I moved to the UK and was appalled by its immigration system, now I’m fighting for reform’

All students should study immigration law, argues Durham prof

Aug 22 2017 9:10am
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Brexit will not happen, claims head of Durham Law School who said Article 50 wouldn’t be triggered

Don’t throw out your EU law statute books just yet

Aug 11 2017 9:12am
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‘I’m the person behind the Liz Truss and David Lidington parody accounts’

The mystery tweeter has a legal and political background

Jul 20 2017 9:59am
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Journal

An open letter to the new Lord Chancellor from Joshua Rozenberg

David Lidington can learn from Liz Truss’ mistakes

Jun 19 2017 10:42am
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General election: Human Rights Act ‘safer now than it has been for years’, says top LSE human rights professor Conor Gearty

Exclusive: Conor Gearty tells Legal Cheek why he thinks our rights are secure under brand new Tory-led coalition

Jun 9 2017 4:11pm
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Election survey: Law students overwhelmingly back Labour

Latest Legal Cheek poll reveals even lawyers are giving the Conservatives the cold shoulder

Jun 8 2017 10:34am
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Careers

Shearman & Sterling lawyers look beyond General Election to the main event: Brexit

The real challenges will come once May v Corbyn battle is over

Jun 8 2017 9:50am
Lawyers divided: Has Theresa May made a U-turn on human rights?

Keeping the Human Rights Act is a Tory manifesto pledge

Jun 7 2017 12:01pm
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There are rumours that Education Secretary Justine Greening will be our next Lord Chancellor

A straight swap with Liz Truss? Joshua Rozenberg and LBC’s Iain Dale speculate

Jun 7 2017 10:24am
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Politics ‘governs the very air that we breathe’, says former property litigator hoping to topple Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

Green Party candidate talks politics, her time studying law at Oxford, and her law firm being targeted by terrorists

Jun 7 2017 9:08am
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Snap election series: Once fighting for labour rights, now a Lib Dem candidate

Law graduate who once championed miners’ rights in South Africa begins new life canvassing on the streets of east London

Jun 5 2017 9:05am
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Snap election series: Moving from City law to politics means working longer hours for less money

But magic circle solicitor turned Labour MP hopeful Bilal Mahmood says it’s his calling

Jun 1 2017 1:31pm
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Careers

Law, politics and the City

Ahead of the Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate on Monday, Tim Waterson explains how an early interest in politics set him up for life in the corporate finance fast lane

Jun 1 2017 9:02am
Snap election series: The bar is ‘excellent groundwork’ for life as an MP, says lawyer turned Conservative candidate

Suella Fernandes shares her thoughts from the campaign trail

May 30 2017 9:12am
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Tory manifesto: Legal aid doesn’t get a look-in… apart from pledge to ‘restrict’ it in cases against the armed forces

A pop at Leigh Day?

May 18 2017 2:38pm
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Harvard lawyers think Donald Trump may have done enough to be impeached

Disclosure of sensitive information ‘most serious charge ever made against a sitting president’

May 17 2017 12:09pm
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Junior lawyer who led march against £9k tuition fees when he was at Cambridge says it’s time to forgive the Lib Dems

Former SU president will be voting in line with majority of rookie lawyers surveyed in Legal Cheek General Election poll

May 15 2017 11:49am
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Legal aid in, tuition fees out: Labour’s leaked manifesto

Jeremy Corbyn promises the world

May 11 2017 1:29pm
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