Author: Rhys Duncan

Law firm financial results season gets off to positive start
Upticks across the board

Legal profession at loggerheads over CILEX regulation
SRA v Law Society

Judge jailed for role in £1.8m legal aid fraud
Worked with group of 'corrupt legal professionals'

Students rate best (and worst) law firms for ‘climate accountability’
Group says lawyers should have option to reject work contributing to climate crisis

Hogan Lovells launches anonymous channel for reporting microaggressions
Aims to promote inclusive environment

Return to practice for US lawyer who defecated in Pringles can
On his way to court

Post Office scandal: Regulator investigating more than 20 solicitors and firms
'Tragic' miscarriage of justice, says SRA

Over a quarter of small and medium law firms yet to adopt SQE
Nearly half cite lack of info for not switching

Paralympian-turned-solicitor apprentice bags MBE in King’s Birthday Honours
Deeply honoured', says Amy Marren

The London Legal Walk in pics 📷
Legal world unites for another year of fundraising

Commercial bar mentorship scheme opens with record number of chambers
250 spots up for grabs

Suspension for senior partner who had sex on office desk
Made inappropriate comments to female colleagues

Former Team GB athlete swaps Taekwondo for a training contract
'I had the opportunity to live my dream, kicking people for a living,' Hassan Haider tells Legal Cheek

Two former Supreme Court judges resign from Hong Kong court
Lords Sumption and Collins

Only half the public think lawyers have positive impact on society
Negative stereotypes and press coverage partly to blame

Barrister reprimanded for sending ‘grossly offensive’ Instagram messages to ex-partner
Tribunal described relationship as "toxic"

BSB greenlights restart of Hertfordshire Uni bar course
Suspended last summer in 'interests of students'

Goodwin boosts starting salary for newly qualified lawyers to £175k
Pay war intensifies