Category: News

Jury trials on hold due to coronavirus fears
Jurors summoned for this week told to remain at home

Barrister convicted of assault suspended for three months
Open to appeal

London commercial set reverses decision to cancel pupillage recruitment round
Henderson Chambers says it will now defer interviews until summer following discussions with Bar Council

Virus pandemic: Further City law firms postpone spring vacation schemes
Norton Rose Fulbright, Addleshaw Goddard, Mishcon de Reya and HFW

London Legal Walk postponed until October
Coronavirus: Annual charity outing was due to take place in June

Vlogging junior lawyers react to virus pandemic
Eve Cornwell shoots home office set-up while Chrissie Wolfe shares daily video 'diary' series

Chambers invites pupillage applicants to interview by mistake
Exclusive: Changes to Gateway system 'contributed to errors', says Temple Garden

Revealed: The law firms with the best canteens
Salad bars, coffee on tap and an in-house pastry chef! Your lowdown on the law firms keeping lawyers' rumbling tummies at bay

Top London commercial set cancels pupillage recruitment round due to COVID-19 outbreak
Henderson Chambers says it cannot be confident video interviews will fairly reflect aspiring barristers abilities

Law prof stops lecture after spotting two students performing sex act
'Seeking relief from what they were tort'

LPC and BPTC students urge regulators not to delay exams amid virus pandemic
Petitions demand that wannabe lawyers be allowed to take assessments at home

Virus pandemic: Baker McKenzie and Herbert Smith Freehills postpone spring vacation schemes
Along with Charles Russell Speechlys and Penningtons Manches Cooper

Wealthy partners work from home while lowest paid staff are forced into the office, legal union claims
Legal Sector Workers United brands pandemic response a 'classist allocation of risk'

Don’t let students sit exams at home, SRA tells law schools
Regulator says supervised assessments must be maintained

Criminal barristers ask for early billing to ease potential cashflow crises
Coronavirus: Criminal Bar Association wants barristers to be paid before trials are over
Regulator postpones centralised BPTC exams
Decision follows new government guidance to combat spread of COVID-19

Coronavirus: It’s ‘business as usual’, says Supreme Court
Building remains open to the public and cases will continue

Slaughter and May postpones spring vacation scheme amid virus pandemic
As magic circlers Freshfields and A&O postpone first-year spring schemes

BPP postpones LPC exam following new government COVID-19 advice
Tomorrow's assessment due to take place at London's ExCeL centre will now be re-scheduled

BPP gives students option to sit LPC exam or delay
Law school’s approach follows advice from Public Health England

ULaw and City Law School to suspend face-to-face teaching in response to coronavirus
Both will switch online lectures from 23 March