Lawyers

Ryan Eve vindicated in High Court after regulator’s blunders The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has come under withering fire from a High Court judge for its treatment of an overseas student kicked off the bar training course in error. Ryan ...

From ‘unknown law student’ to ‘hipster antitrust chief’ to Federal Trade Commissioner in just four years Lina Khan (credit: YouTube) A London-born legal academic who graduated from law school just four years ago has become the new head of the ...

Boris Johnson, meet the Catholic Relief Act Original image via Wikimedia Commons/Snowmanradio On 5 February 1829, the Duke of Wellington changed his mind. The hero of Waterloo, by then Prime Minister, told the House of Lords that he now supported ...

Outside experts heavily critical of online set-up that left some students locked out and others urinating in bottles and buckets Organisers of last summer’s chaotic bar exams have issued grovelling apologies after the findings of an independent review were released ...

CEO and exec chairman of Greenberg Traurig go on tour Left to right: CEO Brian Duffy and executive chairman Richard Rosenbaum In the days before planes, trains or cars, American lawyers used to tour their state for months at a ...

Tim Crosland is being hauled back before top justices for his calculated act of protest Eco-barrister Tim Crosland will face contempt of court proceedings for leaking a Supreme Court judgment in protest at the result. The Solicitor General, Michael Ellis, ...

Academics warn against ‘worshipping freedom of expression’ in an age of digital disinformation Governments should consider making fake news a crime, Exeter Law School boffins say. A new paper by academics at the top uni concludes that other methods of ...

Cheeky bit of Liversidge v Anderson It’s one of English law’s most notorious decisions — and Lord Sumption thinks it has lessons for how the courts should tackle coronavirus rules. Liversidge v Anderson was the 1941 ruling by the House ...

Scores consistent with previous years, says regulator — if you don’t count students who encountered IT issues The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has released the pass rates for two of the three August bar exams that were marred by technical ...

PwC partner Ed Stacey reckons it’s getting harder to justify regional pay differences If everyone in a firm is mostly lawyering from their living room, what’s the point of paying people massive salaries to live in London? That’s the question ...