Author: Thomas Connelly

Judge complains after being handed bundle containing 2,000 pages of ‘largely irrelevant material’

Size really does matter, according to Mr Justice Holgate

Sep 11 2017 4:01pm

Withers teams up with BPP to launch ‘earn while you learn’ solicitor apprenticeships

International law firm embraces government-backed Trailblazer scheme

Sep 11 2017 9:44am

Autumn retention season: The good, the bad and the ugly

Legal Cheek reflects on the latest NQ results

Sep 8 2017 9:36am

Norton Rose Fulbright reveals Newcastle support hub expansion plan

But there won’t be TCs in the Toon anytime soon

Sep 7 2017 1:06pm

Michael Mansfield QC joins Nexus Chambers following mass exodus at old set

Exclusive: Top silk follows tenants out the door

Sep 6 2017 12:04pm

Clifford Chance keeps 42 out of 52 autumn NQs

Magic circle giant bounces back from disappointing spring result

Sep 5 2017 1:52pm

Bond Dickinson unveils 81% retention score as firm prepares for US mega merger

Tie-up with North Carolina's Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice will go live next month

Sep 4 2017 2:59pm

Tribunal tells SRA to review its guidance on solicitors having sex with clients

Plea comes as SDT fines lawyer £8,500 for failing to disclose relationship

Sep 4 2017 1:27pm

Secret trainees are revealing what City law life is really like

Elitist partners, recruitment event fibs and shafted PAs

Sep 4 2017 9:28am

Travers Smith keeps 18 of its 20 NQs following summer salary boost

City outfit chalks up impressive 90% autumn rate

Sep 1 2017 12:55pm

Cambridge law student who burned £20 note in front of homeless man KEEPS university place

Ronald Coyne reveals he's been threatened with chemical attacks in apology letter to peers

Sep 1 2017 11:25am

Anglo-Aussie break up: Stock market-listed Slater and Gordon confirms split from UK arm

Decision follows a string of disappointing financial results

Aug 31 2017 3:50pm

Edinburgh law student in massive row with his uni over ‘mocking ISIS’ claim

University of Edinburgh says it's investigating 'complaints alleging misconduct'

Aug 30 2017 9:30am

‘Karate lawyer’ promises to take out corrupt judges using martial arts expertise in hilarious spoof advert

‘What I lack in formal legal qualifications, I make up for in karate moves’

Aug 25 2017 11:19pm

Eight tech start-ups set to join Allen & Overy’s hipster-esque ‘Fuse’ innovation hub

Well-known AI system and asylum advice app among successful applicants

Aug 25 2017 11:53am

Regulator issues ‘what not to do’ social media guide for solicitors amid rise in complaints

Just days after a law firm partner was sanctioned following anti-Semitic Facebook rant

Aug 24 2017 12:09pm

Fake barrister listed on genuine chambers website is jailed for defrauding terminally ill woman out of £92,000

He falsely claimed to have a law degree from the University of London

Aug 24 2017 9:14am