Author: Rhys Duncan
Land law update: seabed is not land
High Court ruling
Receptionist who couldn’t pronounce firm’s name loses employment case
Employed eight days
BSB granted extra powers to tackle misbehaving barristers
Interim suspensions
Trowers to take on solicitor apprentices from 2025
More firms embrace TC alternative
Could we soon be saying bye-bye to barristers’ wigs?
Bar Council working group reviews future of court dress
Young lawyers urge MPs to visit ‘legal aid frontline’
Two MPs have already planned visits
City Law firms partner with KCL to launch student-staffed law clinic addressing LGBTQ+ discrimination
Baker McKenzie and Clyde & Co
Ex-City lawyer handed 15 year jail term for role in £30 million Ponzi scheme
Follows major police investigation
Future pupil barrister takes ‘mind reading’ show to Edinburgh Fringe
Mock murder trial
Top chambers suspends sending pupil barristers to Stratford Mags following claims of ‘invasive searches’
HMCTS says it's urgently investigating allegations
Chambers using blind recruitment less diverse, research claims
BSB describes finding as 'striking'
‘Sarcastic’ judge given formal warning
Shouted at legal rep throughout hearing, judicial body finds
Criminal solicitor struck off over £60 ‘dine and dash’
Left Harvester restaurant without paying
Ex-Slater & Gordon partner misled client over case progression for 17 years
Agrees to be struck off
City Law School grad secures £30K scholarship to pursue barrister dream
Courtesy of 11KBW
Super regulator to review guidance on lawyer AI training
LSB writes to Lord Chancellor and tech minister
Barrister who ignored suspension disbarred
Originally suspended over 'hostile' emails to solicitors
Newly qualified solicitor wins employment case against firm that signed probation review without her knowledge
In effect a ‘forgery’, tribunal finds
Experienced solicitor rebuked for rejecting personal injury offer without client’s consent
'Conduct was reckless as to the risk of harm,' SRA finds