Author: William Holmes

UK law firms banned from doing transactional work for Russian clients
Latest escalation in response to Putin’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions

GDL student taken on as consultant solicitor’s ‘personal legal secretary’ after meeting at Playboy casino was not employee of firm, tribunal finds
Judge described lawyer's behaviour as "extraordinary"

Akin Gump caps salary exchange rate following drop in pound
London NQs continue to earn £179k

How a serial tech entrepreneur is transforming a global law firm
Legal Cheek’s Will Holmes sits down with Gerard Frith, Taylor Wessing’s Entrepreneur in Residence, to discuss how technology is changing the legal profession

Striking criminal barristers to vote on government legal aid offer
£54 million pay package follows 'constructive talks'

Human rights not a defence to protesters causing ‘significant’ criminal damage, Court of Appeal rules
Decision does not affect acquittal of Colston Four

Bank of England strikes SQE training deal with ULaw
Apprentices split time between office and law school

Dollar-pegged NQ pay packets at elite US firms swell to around £200,000 as pound plunges to record low
UK mini-budget tax cuts causes pound to tank

Barrister performs guitar solo to raise awareness for criminal bar strikes
🎵 Save legal aid, magna carta was made to protect people like you 🎵

How to shape the future as a tech lawyer
M&A lawyer and UK head of Linklaters’ technology sector Derek Tong discusses his experience helping tech companies realise their ground-breaking visions for the future

Court of Appeal gives thumbs up to witnesses giving evidence via Whatsapp
Messaging app’s encryption is 'sufficiently secure', says Lord Justice Holroyde

What went down at the Clifford Chance x Legal Cheek ESG event
Lucy Sallows takes to TikTok to share her experience of attending our first hybrid student event

Glasgow leapfrogs Oxford in latest law school rankings
Cambridge tops table

US trio boost junior City lawyer pay
Exclusive: Rises at Dechert, MoFo and Sidley Austin

Are lawyers’ poor writing skills the reason contracts are so hard to read?
Quite possibly, say researchers

Barrister who raped woman he met on Tinder jailed for four years
Educational law specialist Robin Jacobs must register as a sex offender for life

A day in the life of a crypto lawyer
Norton Rose Fulbright’s Albert Weatherill explains how he got into digital currencies and discusses the cutting-edge work he does for clients in the space

AI creativity machine to have its day in Supreme Court
Decision likely to come next year

Top literary references and Latin phrases law students need to know
From Virgil’s Aeneid to the Da Vinci Code