Sent screenshot A former Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) paralegal who snooped on a criminal case involving her boyfriend has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Kiera Greenslade, 27, was sentenced…
Down from over 70% pre-Covid Cambridge University Exclusive Legal Cheek data shows that the bar’s most sought-after chambers continue to draw heavily from Oxbridge talent, but there are signs that…
New panel features lawyers, judges and academics Lord Chancellor David Lammy has brought together a new line up of legal and business heavyweights as part of a plan to keep…
Legal Cheek gives you the low-down What exactly are the UK’s top law firms doing to keep their trainees and junior lawyers satisfied, despite the often high levels of stress…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Barristers vow to ‘bring courts to their knees’ in strikes against David Lammy’s plans to slash number of…
Genuine remorse A City solicitor previously suspended after accepting a second police caution for cocaine possession has had the remaining restrictions on his right to practise lifted. Matthew Podger, admitted…
Charity fundraiser Some of the country’s leading lawyers are heading to the West End next week, joining TV stars Lee Mack and Richard Ayoade for a courtroom showdown over a…
Roughly £166k A solicitor who used money from his brother’s drug dealing to pay his mortgage has been struck off. Paul Simon Green has been removed from the roll of…
‘Under the counter’ supplies revealed US legal powerhouse Paul Weiss has clarified that it is not preventing its London lawyers from having butter in its plush in-house restaurant, despite an…
Power imbalance Rosewood Hotel, London – Credit Durston Saylor via WikiCommons A senior criminal barrister has been disbarred after a disciplinary tribunal found he sexually harassed a junior colleague who…
28 of 37 Dentons has retained 28 out of 37 qualifying trainees across its UK, Ireland, and Middle East offices this year, resulting in a retention score of 76%. Dentons…
Bar Council warns lack of support may deter disabled pupillage applicants A significant portion of the bar remains physically closed off to wheelchair users and other disabled people, according to…
Justice Sec confirms shake-up Justice Secretary David Lammy MP has confirmed that jury trials will be scrapped for offences carrying sentences of less than three years, in a major overhaul…
From superb sushi to second-rate school dinners, Legal Cheek dives into the world of in-firm cuisine White & Case’s in-house restaurant Broad Street Kitchen. Credit: MCM Architecture Law is a…
It’s replaced the firm’s old application form Law firms may be enthusiastically promoting the brave new world of artificial intelligence (AI), but aspiring lawyers are nervous about some of the…