Legal Cheek Journal

The most original writing about legal affairs on the internet.

Acid attacks are a pandemic the law is failing to treat

Academics and MPs flock to recommend new laws, but will they make a difference?

Dec 20 2017 12:55pm

How the debate about animals feeling pain became headline news

Government has pledged to enshrine animal sentience into law, but how did we get here?

Dec 15 2017 12:08pm

The possibility of the world’s first head transplant is a medical law nightmare

Questions posed by Mary Shelley centuries ago about what it means to be a person lie unanswered

Dec 6 2017 11:31am

Tax law has become sexy — but lawyers need to be careful when advising clients

The vice around tax avoidance and evasion is tightening

Nov 24 2017 2:15pm

Joshua Rozenberg: We need to be more open about punishing badly-behaved judges

Lack of transparency blights the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office

Nov 23 2017 9:03am

Is Brexit the reason we don’t have a no-fault divorce law?

The law as it is leaves a lot to be desired

Nov 2 2017 11:12am

The fight for Gurkha justice is not over

Eurocentrism is making it harder for Gurkha children to settle in the UK

Oct 27 2017 11:56am

Government plans to tighten M&A rules sends out the wrong message

Isn't the UK meant to be open and ready for business post-Brexit?

Oct 20 2017 2:08pm

How Brexit became its own practice area

Lawyers can now capitalise on a word that didn’t even exist a few years ago

Oct 18 2017 2:05pm

A crisis in the judiciary: Joshua Rozenberg on the High Court’s failure to staff its benches

Rumour has it only 19 appointments were approved of this year's 25 vacancies

Oct 16 2017 9:58am

Are we about to see more prosecutions for genocide?

This law has undergone a growth spurt in recent history

Oct 6 2017 10:25am

Supreme Court’s ground-breaking employment tribunal fees decision – what now?

Balance of power has shifted to employees, says Mayer Brown’s Caroline Mathews

Oct 3 2017 10:20am

Bringing s75 Consumer Credit Act claims against banks: is it still justifiable?

The credit card world is now a different beast, thanks in part to Twitter

Sep 8 2017 11:53am