Legal Fun Stories

A paralegal has been barred from the legal profession after attempting to cover up a mistake by fabricating an email, which led to a client’s case being struck out. Chaida Aboobakar, a personal injury paralegal at New Law Solicitors in Cardiff, mistakenly included the wrong case number on a payment request. This error resulted in […]

The Supreme Court has delivered a unanimous decision that the terms ‘man’ and ‘woman’ in UK equality legislation refer to biological sex, as understood in ordinary language. This interpretation is based on an 87-page judgment that found including trans men or women with a Gender Recognition Certificate would not be feasible in statutory interpretation and

A US lawyer, known on TikTok as ‘domhdc’, has gone viral after cautioning students against becoming ‘lawfluencers’. She argues that BigLaw and social media do not mix well. The lawyer, who is 25 and works at a BigLaw firm, warns that aspiring lawyers shouldn’t risk their legal reputation on TikTok after spending hundreds of thousands

A chartered legal executive, Claire Sadler, has been barred from the legal profession after being found guilty of fabricating documents. This includes a medical report, a witness statement, and a letter falsely claiming a defendant’s admission of liability in a case she was handling. Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA), a personal injury law firm, initiated

Law students and law schools across the UK have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to access to justice at this year’s LawWorks and Attorney General’s Student Pro Bono Awards. The ceremony, held in the House of Lords, celebrated the achievements of students from Liverpool John Moores University, the universities of Glasgow, Southampton, and Warwick