Author: CJ McKinney

Life as a junior lawyer with autism
Reed Smith associate Jonathan Andrews sheds light on some of the positive attributes

Doughty Street veteran donates a cool £100k to former chamber mate Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership campaign
As Rebecca Long-Bailey defends record as a solicitor

The websites charging barrister hopefuls as much as £200 an hour for pupillage interview advice
Exclusive: A handy leg-up for those who can afford it

Barrister fails to overturn £1,000 fine for ‘racially charged’ tweet
High Court rejects argument Twitter is 'famously rude and offensive'

Court of Appeal judges pause Heathrow expansion on climate change grounds
Government must now formally reconsider third runway, this time factoring in the Paris climate agreement

From partner to pizzeria: ex-Clifford Chance lawyer opens up on life as restaurateur
Katrina Allison moved to Cumbria aged 46 after tiring of commercial litigation

Cabinet reshuffle: Attorney General Geoffrey Cox gets the sack
Barrister resigns 'at the PM's request'

Junior solicitor removed from profession after backdating legal aid paperwork
He was just a few months qualified at the time

Lady Hale ‘not easy to deal with’, says ex-colleague
Others suggest she was treated 'more harshly' than the men and held back from court president role

Bar diversity latest: white, male and privately educated
Profession becoming gradually more diverse, says regulator -- but 'more to be done'

Watch out for ‘deepfake’ evidence forgery, family lawyer warns
Byron James says his client's voice was manipulated to create fake recording of threat to other side

Lost luggage judge Peter Smith is back at the bar
He retired from the High Court amid controversy in 2017

Don’t risk ‘dying a martyr’ for your home town accent, warns barrister who rose from poverty
Hashi Mohamed argues that changing the way you speak to get on life doesn't mean compromising your identity

Outcry over LPC 30 years ago similar to SQE anxiety today, says BARBRI chief
Rather than being fazed by the super-exam, Sarah Hutchinson reckons the legal profession should view it as an exciting opportunity to improve education and training

SRA waited three years to stop disbarred bomb hoax barrister from working for solicitors
Exclusive: Michael Shrimpton has been arguing cases in court despite being disbarred

High Court slams top family judge for not knowing what consent is
Judge Tolson said woman was not raped because she had not 'physically' resisted unwanted sex

Unqualified former paralegal admits pretending to be a solicitor in High Court
A cautionary tale for Suits fans

BBC brings on wrong guest to talk law with Lord Sumption
Turns out there are two famous Americans called Robert Shapiro

Garden Court barrister to sue police after being arrested on uni picket line
Franck Magennis accuses cops of an 'outrageous breach of civil liberties'

Let students lawyer-up for all university complaint hearings, urges barrister
Daniel Sokol says that many unis ban legal reps from attending

UK judges snub march protesting Polish rule of law crisis — but offer statement of support
Most other EU countries will be represented by their judges