Category: News

Upskirting ex-government lawyer avoids disbarment
Daren Timson-Hunt suspended for six months after photographing woman on the Tube

Supreme Court launches career journey podcast to encourage top court hopefuls
Trio of Supremes open up about life on top bench

London lawyer sues Dumbledore actor
Former Clyde & Co associate Toby Clouston claims his foot was run over by Harry Potter movie star Sir Michael Gambon

Red Lion Chambers cancels 2022 pupillage recruitment due to COVID-19
Crime and fraud set cites impact on court work

Keep wigs to help disguise judges, Lord Chief Justice argues
Lord Burnett recalls taking the same Tube home as a defendant he'd just sentenced

Magic circle partner gives ‘child-friendly’ insight into life as a tax lawyer
With the help of Jaffa Cakes and jigsaws

Judges star in COVID-inspired Hamilton music video
'We'll be back, time will tell, you'll remember that we serve you well' 🎶

STEM Future Lawyers and BPP announce 2021 law conversion scholarship
Applications now open for science, technology, engineering and maths students interested in law

BBC calls on Lord Dyson to oversee Princess Diana interview investigation
Former Master of the Rolls and Supreme Court judge to start straight away

Law firm opens virtual boozer featuring pool tables, beer garden and DJ booth
'The Keystone Arms' 💻🍺

Slaughter and May partner leaves firm following internal probe
Regulator notified

Appeal court dismisses student’s discrimination claim against ULaw
Ian Nwabueze ordered to pay £5,000 in costs

EXCLUSIVE: Top judge’s daughter who’s now a judge herself fronts judicial diversity campaign
The judiciary: where judges' daughters, not just their sons, can make it to the top

Minimum pay for pupil barristers up £94 in London and £279 elsewhere
Very modest uplifts didn't go down well on Twitter

Top QC under fire for suggesting pupil barristers should have ‘well polished shoes’ and a ‘proper haircut’
Former Bar Council chief Richard Atkins apologises for posting tweet quoting recently deceased judge

KPMG teams up with BPP to offer SQE training contract
Big Four player embraces solicitor training shake-up

Simmons & Simmons ups London NQ solicitor pay to £84,000
Boosts in Bristol too

Top divorce firm Vardags in war of words with legal workers’ union following dress code leak
Dress code saga rumbles on

A&O restarts lawyer salary reviews and increases pay
NQs receive pay rise which falls £5k short of pre-COVID six-figure sum

Work here if you want an Irish practising certificate, UK solicitors told
Irish Law Society throws post-Brexit curveball