Author: Polly Botsford

UK public prefers Obama over Blair as their ‘ideal lawyer’, survey finds

Hillary Clinton and Nelson Mandela also score highly

Jul 15 2019 10:22am

Can we put a price on a polar bear?

As part of Legal Cheek’s occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally, today we examine the monetary value we place on the natural world

Jul 12 2019 10:09am

Trio of top judges fend off criticism on £1.2 billion court modernisation programme

Widely-condemned court closures are means of 'liberating capital' where 'money is not limitless', select committee hears

Jul 11 2019 8:41am

Lady Hale on Trump, Beyoncé comparisons and whether the Lord Chancellor must be a lawyer

BBC 5 Live interview fails to break Supreme Court president's ever-judicious stance

Jun 12 2019 1:18pm

Emergency pay boost for judges in response to ‘unprecedented’ recruitment crisis

Increases still below recommendations of pay review body

Jun 6 2019 8:50am

2020s is the decade of legal change, says Richard Susskind

Exclusive interview: AI and online courts will flourish and replace 'old ways of working'

May 23 2019 8:33am

Linklaters launches undergrad sponsorship for low-income students

£6,000 grant and work experience up for grabs

May 22 2019 10:57am

Judge’s ‘bear-baiting’ comment resurfaces as Jeremy Kyle Show axed

Whilst Kyle's US counterpart, Jerry Springer, is sued for wrongful death just as he is set to make debut as Judge Jerry

May 15 2019 1:43pm

‘He threw a phone at my head’: International survey reveals bullying rife in the legal profession

Largest ever study finds one in three females sexually harassed in workplace

May 15 2019 10:34am

Uber’s flotation: from law suits to the stock market

Treacherous legal waters for the tech titan

May 9 2019 12:26pm
Poor law students

London criminal law chambers pulls ‘unpaid’ internship

Exclusive: 9KBW places controversial expenses-only programme 'under review'

May 9 2019 8:49am

US law firm partner lands Game of Thrones cameo

His brother-in-law is hit show's co-creator

Apr 24 2019 2:12pm

Allen & Overy lawyer to face tribunal over Weinstein NDA fiasco

Regulator confident lawyers' attitudes to non-disclosure agreements have changed

Apr 3 2019 3:34pm

Linklaters and Clifford Chance latest firms to pay for gender reassignment surgery

Transitioning support also available for lawyers and support staff

Mar 27 2019 3:50pm

Lawyerly advice to pupil barristers: ‘Imagine the judge is slightly hard of hearing and a bit daft’

Words of wisdom (and a few poetic metaphors) for fresh-faced practitioners

Mar 27 2019 11:03am

David Beckham plea-by-post highlights concerns over open justice

New procedure is labelled ‘justice-light’

Mar 22 2019 8:54am

Durham law professor says Commons Speaker was ‘legally correct’ to ban another Brexit vote

Ruling leaves PM 'rudderless', according to Thom Brooks

Mar 20 2019 11:10am

Freshfields’ pro bono team helps secure victory in Supreme Court asylum torture case

Sri Lankan appellant wins case against Home Office

Mar 7 2019 8:49am