Author: Judge John Hack

Manchester trainee solicitor moonlights as ‘Frozen’ ice princess

Self-confessed Disney addict spices up a life of personal injury files with a spot of make-believe for children’s parties

Mar 16 2015 9:34am

Wannabe barrister sparks newspaper letter row over Justice Secretary’s record

City University law student and local council candidate triggers defence of Chris Grayling in MP’s constituency newspaper

Mar 13 2015 3:24pm

Nottingham Law School in bid to become first ever ‘teaching law firm’

University applies for alternative business structure licence, which would boost its student-run pro bono advice centre

Mar 13 2015 11:23am

The Judge rules: Legal profession awards — don’t they make you sick?!!!

They are professionally meaningless, expensive and at times messy -- but should the awards ceremonies be pensioned off?

Mar 13 2015 9:27am

Straight-A City Uni law student sentenced to seven years in prison for rape

Ali Hafeez looked set to be a high flier on the City University LLB, but prosecutors say he harboured violent tendencies towards prostitutes

Mar 12 2015 5:36pm

Cardiff solicitors seek to wow clients with ‘Throwback Thursday’ childhood recollections

One wanted to be a Formula One driver, one wanted to be a doctor, another wanted to take over the world. They all ended up as lawyers

Mar 12 2015 2:39pm

Lord Harley of Counsel Vs Welsh Crown Court judge — full transcript emerges

Court report reveals that both sides were a bit shakey on their facts

Mar 12 2015 9:06am

Now even the Law Society has fallen into the gavel trap

Its job is to represent every solicitor in England and Wales, but the venerable 192-year-old body needs to brush up on UK court procedure

Mar 11 2015 3:27pm

Under siege bar students build fort out of Archbolds

A pile of 2013 Archbolds finally comes in handy as two wannabe barristers make sensible use of their time in run-up to a key qualification staging post

Mar 11 2015 12:28pm

Magna Carta: the rap battle

BBC children’s telly sketch team pump up the volume over ancient rights

Mar 6 2015 3:01pm

The Judge Rules: Training contracts and pupillages should be scrapped

If yet another review of legal education must be launched -- let’s hope regulators have the guts to propose something radical and meaningful

Mar 6 2015 9:08am

Throwback Thursday: Pre-Great Recession, City law firms were all about gymnastics

In a bid for trendiness, franchise giant Eversheds released this adrenaline-fuelled video advert -- three months before the 2008 crash

Mar 5 2015 2:16pm

Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer

Fraud squad swooped on Chambers Solicitors in July and arrested two; meanwhile, New York-based former Tory MP reveals she’s had a Gorgeous George letter

Mar 4 2015 5:33pm

Fears of trainee recruitment free-for-all as solicitor watchdog threatens to bin code of practice

Exclusive: Law firms could be allowed to offer training contracts to students before they start uni

Mar 4 2015 3:06pm

George Galloway’s high street firm faces rough ride as media law big guns back twitterati in libel row

Bradford-based Chambers Solicitors has picked quite a fight as regulator is put on alert

Mar 4 2015 10:57am

Newly-qualified solicitor retention at Hogan Lovells takes a hit amid practice area logjam

Anglo-US firm blames lack of openings in popular practice areas as only 66% of rookie lawyers stay on

Mar 3 2015 5:50pm

The horror, the horror, cries City solicitor leader at prospect of fresh training review

Uber-regulator takes heavy incoming fire after proposing yet another round of legal education navel gazing for later this year

Mar 3 2015 12:06pm

Disabled student takes on law school over dodgy swipe-card access to library

GDL student's persistence sees City University comply with disability legislation

Mar 3 2015 9:30am

Law Society purges former chief executive from history books — or at least walls

Specially commissioned painting of hard man ex-boss Des Hudson is quietly removed from pride of place on Chancery Lane walls

Mar 2 2015 2:31pm

The Judge rules: The magic circle is dead! Er … no it’s not

London office of US firm or magic circle?

Feb 27 2015 9:43am

Lord Justice Leveson to brush up on Scots law as he heads north with Judge Rinder

The nation's favourite TV judges together at last

Feb 27 2015 9:10am