BigLaw pranksters A lawyer at US firm Jenner & Block has taken workplace fundraising to rather colourful new heights, filling a colleague’s office with 25,000 plastic balls after lawyers smashed a charity donation target. The elaborate prank was the brainchild…
Time to move on? In the latest submission to our Career Conundrums series, a paralegal wonders whether it’s worth sticking around at the firm that’s just turned them down for a training contract. “Hi LC. I’m currently a paralegal in…
Cheaper and quicker Sir Geoffrey Vos The public is likely to become comfortable with machines deciding some disputes as the technology becomes more reliable, the Master of the Rolls has predicted. Sir Geoffrey Vos said that litigants may eventually choose…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Spectacular defeat leaves Prince Harry’s golden lawyer tarnished [The Times] (£) Woke barrister’s ‘hypocrisy’ as he takes left-wing campaign group Good Law Project offshore [Mail Online] The new…
Split sale Listed law firm Knights has agreed to acquire the bulk of Moore Barlow in a £27 million deal, with Fletchers Group taking on the firm’s claimant-focused teams. Knights, a top-50 UK outfit with 29 offices across the country,…
Chasing a career at the bar? Future pupil barrister and Legal Cheek writer Saul Agar-Ward explains what worked for him, and what didn’t Last year 3,912 candidates applied for pupillage through the Gateway. Only 287 got it. Entry to the…
Lied to firm A solicitor who earned substantial sums answering legal questions online while working for a law firm has been struck off after lying to his employer about the side hustle. Matthew Moss worked as an employment solicitor at…
Exclusive: Potential £2k+ increase The Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) is considering increasing fees for its Bar Course by around 13% and making students pay a larger share of the cost earlier in their studies, Legal Cheek understands….
Freshers or firm life? In the latest instalment of our Career Conundrums series, a school leaver who has secured a place to study law at university is wondering whether to take a year out and apply for solicitor apprenticeships instead….
Costly claim A junior lawyer who tried to claim for a stolen bike that was not covered by his insurance policy has been struck off the roll. Kieran Ferguson, who was working as a finance solicitor at Ashurst Perkins Coie…