Author: Polly Botsford

Law school offers Harry Potter LLB module

A degree in the dark arts?

Oct 18 2018 11:14am

Lords call for clarity over role of ECJ post-Brexit

As over 1,000 lawyers sign letter to PM on People's Vote

Oct 18 2018 9:50am

Peak Millennial? Doughty Street barrister argues for a NEW human right to personal ‘airspace’

Airborne intrusions can trigger psychological distress, says Nick Grief

Oct 17 2018 1:16pm
UK Supreme Court judges

BBC to broadcast lectures on law and politics by Lord Sumption

Outspoken Supreme Court justice will be the 2019 Reith Lecturer

Oct 4 2018 8:46am
Geoffrey Cox QC barrister

Tory conference: Attorney General steals limelight from Theresa May’s speech

Geoffrey Cox's warm-up act references his legal negotiating skills

Oct 3 2018 2:54pm
Labour Party Legal aid

Labour conference round-up: Party says it will open law centres and raises concerns over digitisation of justice

Legal aid is a 'pillar of the welfare state', says shadow justice minister

Sep 26 2018 4:32pm
Chris Daw QC

Top criminal QC: ‘Let’s give disadvantaged kids role models beyond pop stars and YouTubers’

Chris Daw QC’s social mobility film featured on BBC1’s The One Show goes viral among profession

Sep 14 2018 1:15pm

Resting in peace? How we need to regulate the industry which thrives on your afterlife

What happens to your Facebook page after you die? Should someone be able to faceswap a photo of you as a corpse and post it on Snapchat?

Jul 17 2018 10:58am

City law firms want junior lawyers who are resilient and flexible — but they’re less concerned about tech skills

Over 200 industry insiders questioned as part of Legal Cheek's Future of Legal Education and Training Conference

Jul 17 2018 8:40am

Richer law students should subsidise poorer ones with new levy, Dundee law lecturer proposes

While Durham law student achieves crowdfunding success for his law degree in ONE MONTH

Jul 2 2018 12:00pm

Solicitor who took only TWO full weeks of maternity leave found to have falsified letter

Kate Adamson isn't struck off but gets six-month suspension instead

Jul 2 2018 9:05am

OMG! BuzzFeed loses its first-ever general counsel

Ex-Freshfields Allison Lucas also tried her hand at journalism

Jun 29 2018 12:13pm

Share dealing begins in stock market-listed law firm

Knights to recruit 200 more fee earners but remains silent on possible training contract increases

Jun 29 2018 8:50am

Advocates’ core courtroom skills on the decline, judges warn

Reduced levels of pay blamed for lower morale and standards, finds report

Jun 28 2018 11:54am

Regulate the robots? Law Society’s incoming president launches review

As Society appoints 'new' CEO following dramatic resignation of predecessor

Jun 14 2018 1:19pm

Cambridge, Oxford and LSE prevail in ‘league table of league tables’

Brings together rankings from Complete University Guide, The Times and The Guardian

Jun 6 2018 1:12pm

A new YouTube star is born: Court of Appeal to be live-streamed

'Revolutionary' proposal will mean even family cases could be broadcast live

May 31 2018 12:33pm

They say that data is the new oil — but who exactly owns it?

As part of Legal Cheek’s occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally, today, on the day that new data protection rules come into force, we delve into the unchartered territory of the law on data ownership

May 25 2018 10:03am