Forced hearing to be adjourned A barrister has been fined £1,000 after attending court while intoxicated and subsequently collapsing during proceedings. On 13 March 2025, James Fredrick Hankinson was scheduled to represent his client at Maidstone Combined Court but turned…
Record high More than six in ten pupil barristers are women, according to new figures from the Bar Standards Board (BSB), marking the highest proportion recorded since the regulator began collecting diversity data a decade ago. The BSB’s annual Diversity…
Sweet strategy A pair of graduates have taken a creative and unconventional approach to breaking into the legal profession, hand-delivering boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to City law firms in a bid to land training contracts. In a TikTok video…
2hrs 27mins as Captain Underpants A trainee solicitor at US law firm Milbank has successfully broken a Guinness World Record at the London Marathon, completing the race dressed as Captain Underpants in just 2 hours and 27 minutes. Legal Cheek…
Lawyers express concerns International law firms operating in the United Arab Emirates are calling lawyers back to the office, with some staff expressing unease about the timing of the move. Jones Day is understood to have asked its Dubai lawyers…
Tips to get ahead in an ultra-competitive process Landing a training contract is no easy feat — once you’ve cleared the initial application, the real challenge begins, with a marathon of assessments standing between you and that coveted training contract…
Alexander Kardos-Nyheim on juggling a training contract with launching a business, and what the future holds for lawyers in an AI-driven world Alexander Kardos-Nyheim Alexander Kardos-Nyheim made headlines when he sold his legal tech startup, Safe Sign Technologies, to Thomson…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Law firm DLA Piper opts to restructure, ditching Swiss verein [Reuters] ‘It lit a fire in me’ – the barrister who was told she’d never amount to much…
Multi-year deal Magic Circle law firm Freshfields has teamed up with AI giant Anthropic to develop specialist legal tools. Anthropic, the company behind the Claude family of AI models, will work with Freshfields to build tools to support the firm’s…
National finals next month A junior lawyer at Gateley is gearing up for the final of national pageant Miss Grand UK 2026 next month. Chloe Lake, a residential development lawyer based in the firm’s Reading office, will take to the…