Tag: Politicians
Former Slaughter and May lawyer appointed Solicitor General
MP Lucy Rigby lands top legal role
Ex-City lawyer Robert Jenrick appointed shadow justice secretary
Accepts new role after missing out on Tory Party leadership
Mishcon to host ‘in conversation’ with Matt Hancock
No appearance fee for former health sec, London firm confirms
Suella Braverman bags top job in Truss government
From giving out prizes at the Legal Cheek awards to Home Sec
Partygate: Justice Committee chair submits letter of no-confidence in PM
'Those of us who set the rules have a particular responsibility to stick to them ourselves', says former criminal barrister Sir Bob Neill
Can lawyers be leaders?
Not so, says Boris -- much to the annoyance of lawyers
‘Oh Lords, take a leaf from the lawyers’ standards’
In the wake of that Lord Kilclooney 'Indian' tweet, mature law student Laurence Cooper casts a critical eye over parliamentary standards
Junior barrister imagines Boris Johnson and top Tory MPs as fictional QCs in hilarious Twitter thread
Filled with plenty of QC quips and lawyer in-jokes
Former Hill Dickinson solicitor leading race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader
Rebecca Long-Bailey also worked for Pinsent Masons and the now defunct Halliwells
Law and politics: Is the romance finally over?
Fewer MPs have a background in law
Did Rochman Landau Solicitor Use Firm Computer To Describe Himself As ‘UK’s Barack Obama’ On His Wikipedia Page?
Lawyers with political ambitions, beware… It has been revealed today that a Wikipedia description of...
Why Law Students Should Probably Not Tweet About Killing Politicians
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Indeed, among some people opposed...
ADVICE: ‘My Writer Husband Is Demanding That I Do a Justine Thornton’
Dear Auntie Em, Since the Labour Party conference earlier this month, my husband has been...
Black History Month At The Law Society, Featuring Convicted Expenses Cheat Baron Taylor of Warwick
As the Law Society’s Black History Month celebrations got underway on Monday, it was a...
All 3 Previous Non-Lawyer Lord Chancellors Ended Up In Tower Of London, Lord Chief Justice Tells Chris Grayling
Chris Grayling, the new hard-line Lord Chancellor, isn’t the kind of guy who naturally elicits...