Author: Thomas Connelly

Scrap BPTC in favour of two year pupillage, urges bar chief

Top crime QC says bar course only benefits law schools and London's landlords

Oct 19 2015 2:15pm

Wannabe barrister wins £20k damages from his uni over false ‘criminal behaviour’ claim

Damages obtained by Geoffrey Robertson QC working pro bono should cover the cost of the BPTC nicely

Oct 16 2015 1:04pm

Protesting Palestinian lawyer becomes unlikely star of Reddit Photoshop battle

Geeks try to bring some light relief to the escalating conflict in the Middle East

Oct 15 2015 3:32pm

Hogan Lovells denies joining movement to allocate work blindly to junior lawyers

But the firm has made contact with the guru attempting to revolutionise working patterns at rivals

Oct 14 2015 3:26pm

No more 85ft Helter Skelter rides: Law firm with coolest office in Britain moves on

Sheffield IP solicitors bid farewell to office with three storey high spiral slide

Oct 14 2015 9:20am

TV barrister Judge Rinder urges ‘serious’ law students to lighten up in order to succeed

Celeb lawyer claims aspiring solicitors and barristers are better off watching his show than attending boring law lectures

Oct 13 2015 1:19pm

1920s cartoon predicts that first women barristers would hilariously modify their wigs

Horsehair extensions and evening wear-style gowns yet to materialise

Oct 12 2015 5:29pm

Over 340 lawyers and former judges blast UK refugee policy in full-page newspaper ad

Top lawyers use The Times to lambast government over "deeply inadequate" Syrian refugee policy

Oct 12 2015 11:18am

Full transcript: Incredible Peter Andre High Court judgment lifts lid on mad world of reality TV

Mr Justice Flaux's ruling is a must-read for fans of celeb gossip

Oct 9 2015 3:08pm

Goldsmith Chambers barrister accused of perverting the course of justice in cricket Twitter libel case

Andrew Fitch-Holland, who is alleged to have asked a witness to give false evidence, denies charge

Oct 9 2015 1:23pm

Supreme Court judge Lord Carnwath misses out on ‘The Martian’ glory

Choir of which judge is key member does music for Hollywood blockbuster ... without him

Oct 9 2015 9:43am

Lawyer attempts to secure date by serving woman with subpoena

Could lengthy legal document be route to love?

Oct 8 2015 6:07pm

Clyde & Co’s trainee retention rate plunges from 98% to 76%

Firm which has grown rapidly through mergers retains fewer trainees than in 2011

Oct 8 2015 12:02pm

Students handed £2.5k for each year of their law degree by City firm in socio-economic diversity push

CMS Cameron McKenna scheme one of the first to assist undergrads

Oct 7 2015 3:44pm

What, no lawyers on this year’s The Apprentice!?

Lawyer-loathing Lord Sugar snubs legal sector as new contestants are revealed

Oct 6 2015 1:55pm

New plastic bag legislation is a triumph of pedantic drafting

The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 deserves wider recognition

Oct 5 2015 5:26pm

Addleshaw Goddard junior lawyer so busy that he keeps working during charity cycle

The battle to meet those hours targets never stops

Oct 5 2015 4:25pm

City firm offers virtual ‘helicopter trips’ and ‘Ferrari racing’ in bid to make commercial awareness interesting

But will CMS's virtual reality headsets allow students to forget that it's slashing trainee numbers by a third this year?

Oct 1 2015 12:20pm

‘Cambridge-educated Weil Gotshal trainee’ flogs training contract advice for £45 an hour

When you're on £97k a year, is this really necessary?

Sep 30 2015 9:58am