Author: Polly Botsford

Over a third of trainee solicitors are being paid LESS than Law Society minimum wage

Law Society tells Legal Cheek salary recommendation is under review

Jan 18 2018 12:12pm

Back in business: Employment tribunal claims increase is treat for lawyers

Your LPC employment law elective suddenly got useful

Dec 14 2017 11:26am

In a bind over Brexit: Lawyers debate legal status of EU-UK commitments

Everyone in a spin over whether joint report is legally binding

Dec 13 2017 2:51pm

EU Charter is the ONLY European law not included in Brexit Bill, Keir Starmer tells Lords

Doughty Street silk answers questions posed by Lord Pannick and others

Nov 29 2017 4:46pm

Brexit Bill ‘weakens parliament’, Neuberger tells lawyers and City financiers

Supreme Court's former president says parliament will be supreme 'in name only'

Nov 22 2017 2:34pm

Two elderly men by a roaring fire: Top crime QC describes her Oxbridge interview in new play

Review of The Robing Room, a monologue performed by and about Felicity Gerry QC

Nov 17 2017 12:39pm

There is actually a law firm called ‘Sorry Mate’

Road accident firm are 'biker driven bunch of professionals'

Nov 9 2017 1:06pm

US law school enrolment is falling, but do we care?

Legal education consultant blames 'cushy lifestyle' of academics

Nov 8 2017 9:07am

First it was Uber drivers, now it’s judges: Why does everyone want to be a worker?

District judge's employment law case currently before Court of Appeal

Oct 19 2017 9:01am

Ushering in a new Twitter star

'Brenda the Usher' is latest pseudonymic persona to hit social media, but who is she?

Oct 10 2017 2:30pm

Top QC reveals how she overcame insane 1980s sexual harassment

State school-educated family law barrister also slammed legal education costs in eye-opening speech

Oct 9 2017 4:37pm

Netflix’s cease and desist letter goes viral — spot the TV references

Legal letter littered with Stranger Things nods

Sep 20 2017 1:25pm

David Lammy is right to encourage use of modern slavery laws, says human rights lawyer

MP's report recommends more prosecutions under modern slavery legislation

Sep 11 2017 2:50pm

End ‘direct jurisdiction’ of EU courts post Brexit, says government

But Justice Minister says UK will need to keep "half an eye" on its rulings in the future

Aug 23 2017 4:42pm

ULaw to move Chester campus closer to city centre

Guessing game begins on new location in Hollyoaks-land

Jul 7 2017 11:32am

What the Dickens? New courts abandon ‘arcane’ titles

Chancery and Mercantile courts make way for more 'user-friendly' monikers

Jul 6 2017 10:33am

Court rules rock band can trade mark its name even though it’s offensive to Asians

Free speech can be hate speech in bizarre 'The Slants' case

Jun 23 2017 9:10am