Author: Thomas Connelly

Lord Harley to take strike-off decision to Court of Appeal

He's appealing on Equality Act grounds

Jan 31 2017 11:10am

Success: KWM confirms ALL current trainees have found new homes

Legal Cheek revealed rescue plan back in December

Jan 30 2017 5:18pm

Trump’s Muslim ban: Lawyers descend on airports across the US to help free detainees

The legal profession fights back, as petition set up by Leeds solicitor gains one million signatures

Jan 30 2017 11:34am

It will be 2067 before half of QCs are women, BSB says

Disappointing new diversity stats reveal that gender equality at the bar 'remains an issue'

Jan 30 2017 9:13am

Thief who stole from local salon ordered by court to cut judge’s hair

But the 16-year-old must complete a hairdressing course first

Jan 27 2017 11:41am

Posh solicitors pocket almost £7,000 more than ‘working class’ colleagues

Profession dominated by those from "advantaged backgrounds", says government-backed report

Jan 27 2017 9:45am

Stint on the sex offenders register for City lawyer who racially and sexually assaulted woman at Christmas party

He also poured beer over his victim's head and called her an "Australian slut"

Jan 26 2017 1:48pm

Bar Council calls for BTPC cost reduction as it slams BSB’s training reform proposals

Representative and regulator clash over barristers' education

Jan 26 2017 11:18am

Brexit legal challenge barrister to launch pro bono project to keep government in check

"I feel uncomfortable with the direction our country is going in", says Jolyon Maugham QC

Jan 25 2017 3:33pm

US Vice President Mike Pence made a bizarre comic strip while at law school and now it’s surfaced online

Cartoon creation maps the trials and tribulations of law student life

Jan 24 2017 3:04pm

Updated ‘Our History’ page on KWM’s website glosses over administration woes

It says the firm has "reduced its lawyer numbers in Europe"

Jan 24 2017 9:02am

Olympian and Bristol law grad appears on TV talent competition ‘The Voice’

Scooped up by will.i.am, but a career in law is "still an option" for Jazmin Sawyers

Jan 23 2017 11:43am

KWM partners under fire for leaving office like a ‘student flat’ with client files ‘littering’ office floor

The firm's administrator is remaining tightlipped over the accusations

Jan 20 2017 9:39am

ULaw strikes LPC training deal with Howard Kennedy

Single office City firm will continue to pay is trainees fees

Jan 19 2017 1:12pm

17 City firms secure places on LGBT employer power list

Strong showing from the legal profession in 2017 Stonewall rankings

Jan 19 2017 11:04am

Research: London-based NQ pay packets rocket by 23% to £65,000 average in just three years

Twenty-six thousand pounds more than their North West counterparts

Jan 19 2017 10:01am

Alan Blacker LOSES High Court strike-off appeal

Self-styled Lord Harley was booted out of the profession last year

Jan 17 2017 4:23pm