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Herbert Smith announced this week that it would not be making any compu
A drugs trial has been aborted after it was revealed that up to five jurors had been too busy playing sudoku to listen to the evidence.
A New Zealand judge has granted a twelve year old girl the right to change her name.
A Russian judge has ruled that sexual harassment in the workplace is necessary to continue the human race.
A New Zealand judge has allowed a topless motorcycle parade to take place on the grounds that it is not sufficiently offensive to be banned.
A senior partner at Kirkland & Ellis is suing his wife, her lover and her father for giving him genital herpes.
Two 54-year-old twin sisters face jail after passing themselves off as the same lawyer.
It's been a week when both defendants and lawyers have found themselves writing desperate apology notes to judges.
A Canadian judge has ruled that a police officer does not have to remove his gun in court just because a lawyer is scared.
A juror has been dismissed after posting a case on Facebook and asking her friends to vote on the verdict she should deliver.
A US judge has been hailed as a hero after tackling a crazed defendant in his own courtroom.
A US judge has been hailed as a hero after tackling a crazed defendant in his own courtroom.
Two summer associates at US firm Morrison & Foerster made an impression at a firm retreat by trying to "borrow" a car while drunk.
A&O has announced the terms it will be offering staff hit by its
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A man who was jailed for stealing drugs has been admitted to the Bermuda Bar.
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