Author: Polly Botsford

A good day at work? Not likely if you’re a lawyer

It's not just Trump and Brexit which are getting us down

Feb 8 2017 9:03am

Brexit’s Great Repeal Bill is a never-attempted ‘massive problem’: is Oxbridge prof stating the obvious to Lords’ committee?

There was also a lot of talk about Henry VIII clauses and Acquis Communautaire

Feb 3 2017 10:37am

From swimming lessons to solitary confinement — the highs and lows of human rights

A single week shows the diversity of ECHR cases

Jan 13 2017 12:35pm

Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights – the next Brexit?

Catgate PM talks of "clean break" with European court and convention

Jan 10 2017 9:20am

MoJ’s criminal bar pay proposals under fire over fears baby barristers will lose out

Legal aid changes described as 'a nasty whack for junior hacks'

Jan 6 2017 9:43am

‘Inexperienced’ solicitor struggling with 170 cases struck off for dishonesty

He paid client compensation out of his own pocket

Jan 5 2017 12:57pm

Solicitorsupermarket.com coming soon?

Competition watchdog report focuses on price transparency -- oh and full independence for the SRA from the Law Society

Dec 15 2016 1:39pm

Article 127: the new Brexit legal stumbling block?

And it wasn't a lawyer or a law academic who spotted it

Dec 2 2016 9:18am

Extrovert, introvert or ambivert – what type are you and does it matter?

The rise and rise of personality types and how law firms are approaching them

Nov 24 2016 2:30pm

‘Litigator-in-chief’: Trump and his litany of lawsuits

Will he be the first ever US president to give evidence in open court?

Nov 18 2016 10:53am

Gove: make it harder to get onto the BPTC

Possible pro bono "levy" on City firms also gets a mention

Nov 17 2016 11:40am

‘It’s a scratchy response’: Committee chair shares his views on MoJ’s court fees feedback

Bob Neill MP, justice committee chair, tells Legal Cheek that MPs will continue to push for full review

Nov 11 2016 8:57am

Bar Council backs Truss’s calls for ‘wider pool of talent’ for judicial selection

Even though this means more non-barristers becoming judges

Nov 10 2016 4:20pm

Kelvin Mackenzie CAN make ‘undoubtedly offensive’ comments about C4 newsreaders, says regulator

Sun columnist cleared of complaints brought by Muslim presenter

Oct 20 2016 2:19pm

Law firms hire from the most limited university pool, research finds

And they spend the most amount of money in the process

Oct 14 2016 10:34am

Beyond Marmite: justice committee invites views on implications of Brexit

MPs say they want to steer clear of "for and against" arguments

Oct 14 2016 9:42am

DWF moves towards opening solicitor route to paralegal apprentices

Those with “exceptional potential” in line for shot at lawyer jobs

Oct 11 2016 10:30am

Lawyers anticipate ‘public discussion’ on government’s defence to Article 50 challenge

Government's legal arguments have been disclosed following high court decision

Sep 30 2016 9:48am

Why the new higher education bill is not the solution for improving the state of legal education

Will the negative consequences outweigh its good intentions?

Sep 20 2016 12:55pm