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Law Society chief’s tax affairs probed by Private Eye

Private Eye has published an article in which it alleges that Des Hudson, the big-earning...

13 January 2014 08:43

Morning round-up: Monday 13 January

The case of confused copyright: Elderly heiress threatens to sue BBC over ownership of Sherlock...

13 January 2014 07:56

Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories

1. Why do so many BPTC students have 2:2s? 2. Lawyers sued for not advising...

11 January 2014 09:33

The end of the day round-up

“There’s nothing wrong or illegal in favouring Oxbridge candidates” [Legal Cheek comments] Garden Court pupil...

10 January 2014 16:54

‘Unless your dad is senior partner you are the only person in your firm who truly cares about your career’

With work thin on the ground after the 2008 crash, corporate lawyer Danvers Baillieu found...

10 January 2014 14:00

7 things that you should know about Clifford Chance’s ‘CV blind’ programme

This morning Clifford Chance created a stir with news of its ‘CV blind’ policy, which...

10 January 2014 12:47

The strange case of the vanishing pupillages

In the most recent pupillage application round Weir House Chambers advertised for “up to two...

10 January 2014 09:40

Morning round-up: Friday 10 January

Law firm Clifford Chance adopts “CV blind” policy to break Oxbridge recruitment bias [The Independent]...

10 January 2014 08:23

The end of the day round-up

Spending a night in Tottenham after the Mark Duggan inquest [Vice] Mark Duggan Inquest: The...

9 January 2014 16:38

This lawyer sounds just like Kermit the Frog

Can you tell the difference between the voice of Alfred Kwinter (“Canada’s premier legal expert...

9 January 2014 15:11