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Leveson slams technophobe judges – and calls for credit card justice

Queen’s Bench Division guvnor calls on colleagues to give up on paper -- especially in complex fraud trials

25 June 2015 09:48

Liverpool lawyers defy bar chiefs to launch criminal courts strike

Local barristers are refusing to take new instructions from beginning of July in fight against legal aid cuts

25 June 2015 09:04

Morning round-up: Thursday 25 June

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

25 June 2015 08:13

Criminal law juniors take another knock as Supreme Court green-lights QASA

Controversial advocacy assessment regime loses final judicial review hurdle today

24 June 2015 13:42

Top white-collar crime QC entangled in online intern swap embarrassment

Lawyers are flocking to recently launched site in a bid to bag little Hugo and Henrietta pre-gap yah work experience. But is this just hi-tech nepotism?

24 June 2015 11:27

A dozen law-related tunes to beat the training contract application blues

The Judge trawls through his -- and his mates’ -- old vinyl collections in search of a soundtrack to ease the stress

24 June 2015 09:31

Morning round-up: Wednesday 24 June

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

24 June 2015 08:20

Large arse spotted at global law firm, shock

Fears abounded that this “Playboy” image could have caused Clifford Chance’s diversity supremo to lose some sleep

23 June 2015 15:46

Weil keeps pace with US rivals, offering jobs to all nine qualifying lawyers

Weil Gotshal & Manges announced today it will keep 100% of its spring and autumn 2015 NQs

23 June 2015 14:57

Smooth-talking Gove charms lawyers over legal aid reforms and rule of law

Social media commentators almost fall in love with new Justice Secretary, primarily because he’s not Chris Grayling

23 June 2015 13:00