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Morning round-up: Tuesday 7 July

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

7 July 2015 08:14

1 Gray’s Inn Square silent after barrister fined for inappropriate sexual conduct towards pupil

David Giles' profile mysteriously disappears from set's website following bar disciplinary panel finding

6 July 2015 11:58

Hogan Lovells boosts autumn retention of newbies to 79%

The Anglo-US firm has held on to 23 of 29 autumn qualifiers

6 July 2015 10:35

Leaked memo from strikebreaker law firm says it’s too late to stop the cuts

Document underlines difficulty profession faces in presenting united front

6 July 2015 09:16

Morning round-up: Monday 6 July

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

6 July 2015 08:03

Is Ministry of Justice being mawkish with its rebadged Twitter page?

Families of those murdered in Tunisia are not going to feel better because of a slogan

3 July 2015 16:28

Man charged with assaulting prison officer who died is an Oxford Brookes law student

Humphrey Burke was already looking at arson, attempted robbery and grievous bodily harm charges; now he may now face murder allegations after guard dies

3 July 2015 15:34

Whitehall barrister takes over top mandarin slot at Ministry of Justice

Normally hostile MoJ observers offer warm greeting to ancient university-educated proponent of simplifying legislation

3 July 2015 14:44

Struck off Ince & Co partner exits jail and launches a ‘legal services’ business

Regulators silent so far as Andrew Iyer’s new business looks and feels a lot like a law firm -- but he’s careful in the fine print to say it isn’t

3 July 2015 12:44