Author: Polly Botsford

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

Partners are ‘coasting to retirement’ and ‘chronically under-performing’, says new research

US law firms living in 'false sense of security' -- is the same true in the UK?

May 24 2018 9:09am

Being a corporate lawyer is a ‘bulls**t job’, argues LSE professor

City law jobs are totally pointless

May 17 2018 10:28am

‘The SQE is a floor on which we can build things, not a ceiling to limit us’

Adam Curphey, White & Case solicitor turned head of innovation technology at BPP University Law School, discusses the growing importance of lawtech as a theme in vocational training

May 8 2018 3:52pm

‘Change is happening pretty slowly compared with what is coming’

Hogan Lovells' Tech Hub partner predicts transformative times ahead

Apr 26 2018 1:48pm

‘A cosy old boys’ network’: MP grills SRA over its handling of Weinstein NDA scandal

Regulator says there is an investigation under way into Allen & Overy, the firm that drafted the document

Apr 25 2018 2:59pm

Private school slammed over bus ad showing boys as aspiring lawyers but girls becoming vocalists

£34,000-a-year school says aspirations are 'personal' to the students

Apr 18 2018 11:16am

Can we regulate Uber into ‘doing the right thing’?

In the first of its kind, Legal Cheek launches an occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally

Mar 16 2018 11:32am

Donoghue v Stevenson placard makes star appearance on university picket line

As Edinburgh Law School defends itself against accusations it had tried to 'break' the strike

Mar 8 2018 10:03am

Legal apprenticeships: Well-paid but scarce, research finds

Salaries are the highest when compared with other sectors

Mar 7 2018 1:10pm

Brexit: Lords contemplate new ‘UK treaty court’ to sit above Supreme Court

Interesting options for post-withdrawal dispute resolution

Mar 2 2018 11:50am

Top QC expresses fear over waning influence of British lawyers in development of EU law

Media doesn't help by ignoring contribution by UK advocates, says Baroness Helena Kennedy

Feb 9 2018 10:24am

16 City firms make it to LGBT top 100 employer list

Legal profession most represented sector

Jan 31 2018 12:28pm

No reason why solicitors can’t operate like chambers, says regulator

Rallying cry for law firm innovation

Jan 24 2018 2:26pm