Author: Thomas Connelly

The 8 best moments from the Lord Harley hearing liveblog

What purports to be a blow-by-blow account of solicitor-advocate's first day before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal appears online

Nov 4 2015 4:49pm

The great Mansfield Chambers exodus: 50% of barristers quit the set

Exclusive: Half of the members of Michael Mansfield QC's set have just left

Nov 4 2015 12:06pm

Chelsea FC-mad corporate lawyer tells Liverpool fans to ‘crawl back to your horrible Merseyside home’

Partner at London office of US firm latest to be caught out by YouTube and Twitter

Nov 3 2015 3:13pm

Cambridge law student goes public about creepy rubber duck stalking campaign

Undergraduate who has done mini-pupillages at two top sets tells world about attracting unwanted attention

Nov 3 2015 12:34pm

There is a new contender for the worst attempt at a fraudulent personal injury claim ever

Police release footage of fake slip that saw man jailed for fraud

Nov 2 2015 3:08pm

A practising barrister who failed to declare his old criminal convictions has been disbarred

Omissions come back to haunt forgery barrister 16 years later

Oct 30 2015 2:04pm

Police investigate after sex attack on paralegal’s miniature Shetland pony

Tiny horse was found badly injured, with two separate internal injuries

Oct 30 2015 11:47am

Lawyers: a car park comparison

Image captures difference between haves and have-nots in corporate law

Oct 29 2015 5:28pm

Humans star Gemma Chan reveals that she nearly joined Slaughter and May

Oxford law graduate did vac scheme at magic circle firm

Oct 29 2015 11:27am

Mysterious barrister lifts lid on cocaine-fuelled life at the bar

Courts are apparently full of coke-head lawyers ogling jury members

Oct 28 2015 11:47am

Smart-dressing Royal Holloway law student slams ‘tracksuit slob’ classmates for judging her

Fresher goes public with pain at "passive-aggressive" remarks from casually-dressed peers

Oct 27 2015 9:29pm

Junior corporate solicitor quits law to become boxing promoter

Former CMS Cameron McKenna legacy firm man, 29, to use legal skills to emulate Don King

Oct 27 2015 12:34pm

White Book envy: ULaw students aghast as they get online version while BPP kids receive print edition

Exclusive: Part-time BPTC students want practitioner texts they can lug around

Oct 23 2015 10:40am

New official ‘online hub’ tells young barristers to lose weight and stop 5-day benders

Young Barristers' Committee venture does, however, contain some useful snippets of advice

Oct 23 2015 9:09am

Landlord issues owners of ‘Fuckoffee’ café with legal threat over ‘offensive’ sign

South London coffee shop told to remove sign from exterior of building immediately

Oct 22 2015 2:55pm

The Texas Law Hawk is back — and more bizarre than ever

Mini motorbikes, a little police officer and of course those famous talons of justice

Oct 22 2015 1:32pm

A BPTC graduate who brought 30 failed employment tribunal claims has been disbarred

After accumulating plenty of valuable work experience, his pupillage dream is over

Oct 22 2015 9:28am

Immigration barrister who told dentist he was medical negligence expert loses misconduct appeal

Be careful how you issue those legal threats, lawyers

Oct 20 2015 1:51pm

National firm DWF hangs onto 74% of its qualifying trainees

12 trainees out of 47 head for the exit at Walkie Talkie-based firm

Oct 20 2015 10:04am

Pinsent Masons conducts ‘thorough review’ after CV workshop students start Square Mile knife brawl

Did the students bring dangerous weapons into City law firm?

Oct 19 2015 4:19pm