Lawyerly favourite To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the texts abandoned by a GCSE exam board after secretary of state for education Michael Gove said last December that British children should study more work by British authors. The OCR exam board explained the rationale behind its decision to drop the book, saying that the […]
The Labour party has stated its commitment to a more diverse legal profession, criticising past governments for their lack of commitment to the cause. Shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter, speaking at the CILEx graduation ceremony, said: “Successive governments have been very poor at opening up the legal profession for all, irrespective of background, education or […]
Barristers have responded to the Government’s response on its consultation on legal aid, which confirmed cuts to criminal legal aid fees of 17.5 per cent for solicitors, 6 per cent for barristers and 2 per cent for junior barristers and introduced a policy of tendering for duty solicitor slots at police stations. The cuts to […]
Many called, but few were chosen – the winners and losers who vied for political office from the ranks of the legal profession It’s definitely quite a weird feeling,” admits Bambos Charalambous, talking about his return to work as an in-house lawyer at Hackney Council last week. The air of unreality is because, had things gone a […]