Legal Cheek

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’...

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 to have cases determined “in minutes by a machine at little or no ...

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-wi...

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 office...

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 bar has never been more competitive, so what can aspiring barristers do to improve their...