‘I’m the person behind the Liz Truss and David Lidington parody accounts’
The mystery tweeter has a legal and political background
Politics
An open letter to the new Lord Chancellor from Joshua Rozenberg
David Lidington can learn from Liz Truss’ mistakes
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
Election survey: Law students overwhelmingly back Labour
Latest Legal Cheek poll reveals even lawyers are giving the Conservatives the cold shoulder
Legal Cheek 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
Lawyers divided: Has Theresa May made a U-turn on human rights?
Keeping the Human Rights Act is a Tory manifesto pledge
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
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
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
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
Legal Cheek 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
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
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’
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
Legal aid in, tuition fees out: Labour’s leaked manifesto
Jeremy Corbyn promises the world
A Manchester Metropolitan law student is standing for UKIP in the general election
His campaign clashes with his final year exams
Tax QC turned Brexpert Jo Maugham won’t stand in general election
Devereux barrister won’t stand for parliament
Liz Truss will not make a year as Lord Chancellor, Joshua Rozenberg predicts
She’s unlikely to survive post-election reshuffle
Law students and rookie lawyers set to vote Lib Dem on 8 June
Legal Cheek snap election survey reveals Labour are out of favour
Liz Truss backs a fellow northerner for Lord Chief Justice position, weeks after she barred judiciary’s favourite candidate Leveson from applying
But will her love of Sir Ernest Ryder matter after the summer Cabinet reshuffle?
Law student undergrads are more Tory than law student postgrads
But a Legal Cheek survey reveals practising lawyers would vote Liberal Democrats if an election was called tomorrow
There are a lot of barristers running in this Thursday’s City of London elections
Over half of the 22 candidates vying for Farringdon Without ward are lawyers
We asked the chairman of the Justice Committee what he thinks about Liz Truss
Bob Neill MP also discusses challenges facing legal profession and shares views on Brexit
If there was an election tomorrow, who would you vote for?
With rumours of a snap election on 4 May gathering pace, take Legal Cheek’s survey here
You have to read this Hawaii judge’s Donald Trump smack-down
President’s latest immigration ban has been temporarily blocked
What will Brexit mean for the energy sector?
It looks like Brexit means departure from the European common nuclear market too
Gina Miller’s barrister Lord Pannick QC votes AGAINST Brexit Bill
But was he the only lawyer to defy the House of Commons?
Bill allowing judges aged 66+ to apply for Lord Chief Justice post presented today
Keith Vaz to older judges’ rescue?
New Doughty Street silk sticks it to the man with ‘left-wing’ tote bags she made for her fellow barristers
They’ve gone down very well
Petition by Leeds CPS solicitor reaps rewards as Trump’s state visit postponed
Graham Guest’s online appeal chalked up almost two million signatures
The BBC gave viewers an unprecedented insight into the House of Lords last night, and lawyers loved it
They were particularly excited when the ex-deputy president of the Supreme Court made an appearance
What can be done about the political activist who told Stoke Muslims to vote Labour or go to hell?
Election law ensures candidates can’t buy results, bribe voters or tamper with the ballot box
-
15 great reactions to today’s Supreme Court tribunal fees ruling 
The sobering reality of being charged with a crime 
‘It should shame us all’: Why Charlie Gard’s parents were not entitled to legal aid 
Revealed: the law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire 
A law student shares his last-minute TC application pain
11