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PhD candidate and UN judge faces over six years behind bars A former University of Oxford law student and judge has been handed a lengthy prison sentence following conviction for modern slavery offences. Lydia Mugambe, 50, was a top judge…

What about the lawyers? The Law Society has expressed disappointment at the exclusion of legal services from the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) announced by the government today. The participation of foreign firms in India’s legal market has been under…

A ‘landmark moment’ for legal services The first law firm to provide legal services exclusively through artificial intelligence (AI) has been authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Garfield.Law, co-founded by ex-Baker McKenzie associate Philip Young and quantum physicist Daniel…

High profile legal figures to address delegates at Legal Cheek’s annual in-person conference next week From top left to bottom right: Danielle Viall, General Counsel at the Legal Services Board; Dr Giles Proctor, CEO & Head of School at The…

Follows Magic Circle firm’s decision to up newly qualified salaries last September Slaughter and May has opted to hold its salaries for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors at £150,000 as part of its spring pay review. The move is unsurprising given…

The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend Judge blocks Trump exec order in scathing Perkins Coie ruling [The Financial Times] (£) Assisted Dying Bill to include protections for NHS staff not wishing to take part [The Guardian]…

New US outfit poised to challenge presidential actions Rachel Cohen, the associate whose Skadden resignation went viral on LinkedIn, has announced she will join Lowell and Associates with co-resignees. Cohen resigned from the New York giant after it promised the…

Ashley and Hayden join dad Darryl at gunnercooke as joint chiefs of staff Ashley Cooke (L), Darryl Cooke and Hayden Cooke (R) Darryl Cooke, founder of corporate firm gunnercooke, has brought his two sons, Ashley and Hayden, into the business…

A round-up of online musings, memes and more So not just me, then [Brooklin Nash on LinkedIn] Dragon lawyers [@jarvis_best on X] This is awesome – law firm called Dragon Lawyers filed court papers with this watermark on EVERY PAGE…

Embargo confusion after draft judgment was sent to press The High Court has ruled that international firm Fieldfisher will not face contempt of court proceedings after a confidential judgment was wrongly sent to journalists ahead of its official hand-down date….