Author: Polly Botsford
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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
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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
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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
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Emergency pay boost for judges in response to ‘unprecedented’ recruitment crisis
Increases still below recommendations of pay review body
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‘Uncritical reliance’ on AI in criminal justice could lead to ‘wrong decisions’, says Law Society
Warning contained in new commission report
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2020s is the decade of legal change, says Richard Susskind
Exclusive interview: AI and online courts will flourish and replace 'old ways of working'
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Norton Rose Fulbright teams up with York University to launch lawtech module
Exclusive: 40 places up for grabs
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Linklaters launches undergrad sponsorship for low-income students
£6,000 grant and work experience up for grabs
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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
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‘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
Uber’s flotation: from law suits to the stock market
Treacherous legal waters for the tech titan
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London criminal law chambers pulls ‘unpaid’ internship
Exclusive: 9KBW places controversial expenses-only programme 'under review'
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US law firm partner lands Game of Thrones cameo
His brother-in-law is hit show's co-creator
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Allen & Overy lawyer to face tribunal over Weinstein NDA fiasco
Regulator confident lawyers' attitudes to non-disclosure agreements have changed
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Linklaters and Clifford Chance latest firms to pay for gender reassignment surgery
Transitioning support also available for lawyers and support staff
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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
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David Beckham plea-by-post highlights concerns over open justice
New procedure is labelled ‘justice-light’
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Durham law professor says Commons Speaker was ‘legally correct’ to ban another Brexit vote
Ruling leaves PM 'rudderless', according to Thom Brooks
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Freshfields’ pro bono team helps secure victory in Supreme Court asylum torture case
Sri Lankan appellant wins case against Home Office
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UCL law professor: Lawyers who draft dodgy non-disclosure clauses could be perverting the course of justice
Government announces measures to prevent victims being silenced by using NDAs