Author: Thomas Connelly
England cricket legend takes to Twitter to ask how lawyers can defend terrorists — barrister responds and gets blocked
Michael Vaughan poses a clichéd question that lawyers are really tired of hearing
Research: One fifth of the world’s top law schools are in the UK
But Oxford and Cambridge miss out on the top spot
Junior barrister admits supplying drugs that killed teenage boyfriend at Temple party
Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron will be sentenced on 3 May
Hogan versus Gawker: Free speech can be costly
Gawker has been ordered to pay an astonishing $140 million in cumulative damages to the former US wrestling icon
Top EU law chambers ups pupillage award to £65,000 as Brexit vote looms
Monckton Chambers chucks an extra £5,000 at its junior legal talent
New Zealand courts thrown into disarray as a third of country’s top judges fall ill during luxury château break
Gastro bug sweeps through Kiwi judiciary
Commemorative toilet roll tells of female struggle to enter legal profession due to lack of toilet facilities
And you can own one for just £100...
Simmons & Simmons keeps seven out of nine new qualifiers
Firm declines to comment on how many trainees started this round's qualification process
Sheffield bids to wrestle corporate law northshoring crown from Manchester
Council big wigs offer cash incentives to get a piece of the outsourcing action
Junior criminal lawyer pleads GUILTY to conspiracy to supply cocaine
Barrister turned solicitor Omar Khan was charged in December 2015 and spent Christmas behind bars
Freshfields posts 82% trainee retention rate rounding off mixed bag for magic circle
Elsewhere in the City, Reed Smith posts disappointing 58% result while Weil Gotshal & Manges scores perfect 100%
Baker & McKenzie boosts newly qualified lawyer pay to £70,000
First year trainees will also walk away with £3,500 extra
Linklaters hikes pay to US firm levels — with new qualifiers on up to £91k
Firm leapfrogs magic circle rivals
Bar Council brands BSB aptitude pass mark rise ‘inadequate’
Bar's regulator and representative body in stand-off over BPTC entrance exam
Junior barrister on drugs charges represented by twin brother from same chambers
Henry Hendron was arrested earlier this year after 18 year-old boyfriend died of drug overdose at his Temple flat
Aptitude test pass mark raised to ‘exclude’ weaker wannabe barristers
Much-maligned BPTC entry exam was put on hold pending BSB-led review last year
Cycling QC brings UK’s first ever private prosecution for dangerous driving
2 Temple Gardens barrister takes matters into his own hands after police declined to take action
Gove ditches plan to have City lawyers subsidise courts
City tax was floated to replace cash generated from the controversial court charge ditched last year
Judge in courtroom rant as roof suffers fourth leak due to overflowing barristers’ toilets
Maidstone Crown Court rape trial delayed due to poor facilities management
Video: ‘Oh bollocks!’ MP’s outburst over suggestion that Brexit will cost the legal services market £1.7 billion
Former justice minister Jonathan Djanogly's suggestion didn't go down well with one MP