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‘Lawyered up’: Mr Justice Peter Smith takes legal advice

Judge who is the subject of an ongoing judicial investigation into possible bias instructs corporate and financial crime specialist BCL Burton Copeland

25 May 2016 11:16

Judge sacked for watching porn in his ‘private chambers’ reprimanded by SRA

Solicitor turned district judge was removed from judicial office in March 2015

25 May 2016 10:17

Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 May

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

25 May 2016 08:03

Fake lawyer who was jailed for tricking high-ranking judges BANNED from profession

Mohammed Kabba received a 16 month custodial sentence last summer for pretending to be a solicitor during an immigration case

24 May 2016 13:26

Supreme Court REFUSES to hear Belgium-based White & Case lawyer’s case on why she should be able to vote in EU referendum

EU competition partner at US giant has no right to vote because she has lived outside the UK for more than 15 years

24 May 2016 12:45

Juries of the future could be ‘transported’ to crime scenes using virtual reality headsets

Staffordshire University-led research hopes to revolutionise the way lawyers present criminal cases in court

24 May 2016 12:17

Law is the hardest degree, says a law student

BAs are “so much easier”, according to the Oxford student who infected herself with typhoid

24 May 2016 10:02

Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 May

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

24 May 2016 07:23

Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, King’s and Queen Mary top latest law school league table

Annual comprehensive rankings produced by The Guardian examine standards of teaching, level of feedback and overall quality of the course

23 May 2016 15:16