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Udo Onwere: ‘Being a lawyer is easier than being a footballer’

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 6d

"Being a lawyer is easier than being a footballer," former Fulham midfielder turned lawyer Udo Onwere, tells The Brief from @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

The former Fulham midfielder tells Catherine Baksi how his sports background has influenced his legal career — particularly his new venture with Jamie Redknapp

Watchdog flags hidden costs of no-win, no-fee cases

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 6d

Watchdog flags hidden costs of no-win, no-fee cases - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has told law firms to clarify funding arrangements

James Counsell on prosecuting a barrister who lied on his CV

Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 6d

James Counsell KC @outertemple.bsky.social is Lawyer of the Week in @thetimes.com -- on prosecuting a barrister who lied on his CV. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

James Counsell KC at Outer Temple Chambers was instructed by the Bar Standards Board to prosecute Anurag Mohindru for professional misconduct. Mohindru, a criminal law barrister, was disbarred after a

Lady chief justice portrait to balance sexes in Inn’s gallery

Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 6d

Lady chief justice portrait to balance sexes in Inn’s gallery; Solicitor is the second black High Court judge; & Diverse lord chancellors - in @thetimes.com's law pages today: www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

The cases, the chatter, the chaos: what’s really going on in the law

Law Society Gazette - 25609/2025

Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 6d

Improving lawyers' wellbeing must be a priority, lady chief justice says in LawCare report, Legal Geek line-up & new vice-chancellor of the County of the Palatine of Lancaster - in The Brief from @thetimes. Sign up for #legal news, comment & gossip: home.thetimes.com/newsletters

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 13d

Immigration and asylum solicitors are working in their own "hostile environment" -- facing abuse and death threats for doing their job -- in the @lawsocgazette edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader...

Law Society Gazette

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 13d

Alex Cook, a solicitor @helixlaw.bsky.social talks to The Brief from @thetimes.com about his mother's death, becoming one of the youngest sub-postmasters & what the Horizon scandal taught him about using technology. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Alex Cook: ‘Horizon was a lesson in how not to use technology’

The joint owner of Helix Law and a self-confessed ‘tech geek’ tells Catherine Baksi what his family’s experience of the Post Office scandal taught him

‘Antiquated’ home-buying process is too complex, costly and slow

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 13d

‘Antiquated’ home-buying process is too complex, costly and slow --and solicitors using email instead of making a quick call causes delay - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

A report stresses the need for digitisation of the conveyancing system as more than half a million transactions fall through each year

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 13d

A big thank you to readers of The Brief, the weekly #legal bulletin from @thetimes.com, bringing you the latest news, comment & gossip for 10 years. You can sign up here:
home.thetimes.com/newsletter

Sidney Ross: ‘You could say my legal career is an accident’

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 21d

Sidney Ross, the oldest barrister still practising in England and Wales, talks to The Brief from @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

At 93, the oldest practising barrister in England and Wales tells Catherine Baksi how he launched a law career in his fifties after two decades as a lecturer

Alex Cook: ‘Horizon was a lesson in how not to use technology’

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 13d

Alex Cook, a solicitor @helixlaw.bsky.social talks to The Brief from @thetimes.com about his mother's death, becoming one of the youngest sub-postmasters & what the Horizon scandal taught him about using technology. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

The joint owner of Helix Law and a self-confessed ‘tech geek’ tells Catherine Baksi what his family’s experience of the Post Office scandal taught him

‘Antiquated’ home-buying process is too complex, costly and slow

Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 13d

‘Antiquated’ home-buying process is too complex, costly and slow --and solicitors using email instead of making a quick call causes delay - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

A report stresses the need for digitisation of the conveyancing system as more than half a million transactions fall through each year

Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 13d

A big thank you to readers of The Brief, the weekly #legal bulletin from @thetimes.com, bringing you the latest news, comment & gossip for 10 years. You can sign up here:
home.thetimes.com/newsletter

Sidney Ross: ‘You could say my legal career is an accident’

Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 21d

Sidney Ross, the oldest barrister still practising in England and Wales, talks to The Brief from @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

At 93, the oldest practising barrister in England and Wales tells Catherine Baksi how he launched a law career in his fifties after two decades as a lecturer

Call to stop police using ‘dangerous’ facial recognition tech

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 21d

Call to stop police using ‘dangerous’ facial recognition tech - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Expansion of ‘out of control’ and ‘Orwellian’ technology should be suspended until legislation is in place, campaigners say

Gaelyn Fuhrmann on representing The Guardian in Noel Clarke’s libel claim

Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 21d

"Check primary sources" - advice from @thetimes.com ' Lawyer of the Week, Gaelyn Furhmann at Wiggin www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Gaelyn Fuhrmann, a solicitor at Wiggin, represented the publisher of The Guardian newspaper in a libel claim brought by Noel Clarke, a British actor best known for featuring in Doctor Who. He sued

Trials disrupted as prison video link fails

Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 23d

Trials disrupted as prison video link fails www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/trials-...

Ministry of Justice warns problems could continue this week.

www.lawgazette.co.uk

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 26d

BREAKING: Kings Counsel disbarred after lying that he had attended Oxford Univerity. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrist...

Barrister's Oxford falsehood leads to disbarment

Tribunal chair laments silk's 'reckless, foolish and completely unnecessary lie'.

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 26d

BREAKING: Kings Counsel disbarred after lying that he had attended Oxford Univerity. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrist...

Barrister's Oxford falsehood leads to disbarment

Tribunal chair laments silk's 'reckless, foolish and completely unnecessary lie'.

www.lawgazette.co.uk

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 28d

A cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency that has left lawyers unable to bill for work for the past four months is putting domestic violence victims at risk and delaying parole hearings, lawyers warn - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Legal aid cyberattack puts domestic violence victims at risk

Since the hacking of the Legal Aid Agency, reduced contingency payments to lawyers have left some firms unable to take on publicly funded cases

Gayathri Kamalanathan acted in Supreme Court car dealer finance case

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 28d

Gayathri Kamalanathan at @slaughterandmay.bsky.social , @thetimes.com's Lawyer of the Week, on the best & worst elements of being a lawyer?: Winning and losing, but as a litigator I have learnt that you need to work out carefully the difference between the two.' www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Gayathri Kamalanathan, a partner at the law firm Slaughter and May, successfully acted for Close Brothers in the Supreme Court’s landmark decision determining that motor dealers acting as a credit

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 28d

Reshuffled justice team; Banksy takes a hammering; & Cat-tastic - let us know pets you've named after lawyers or law firms -- in The Brief today from @thetimes.com. Sign up here for the latest #legal news, comment & gossip: home.thetimes.com/newsletters

Legal aid cyberattack puts domestic violence victims at risk

Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 28d

A cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency that has left lawyers unable to bill for work for the past four months is putting domestic violence victims at risk and delaying parole hearings, lawyers warn - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Since the hacking of the Legal Aid Agency, reduced contingency payments to lawyers have left some firms unable to take on publicly funded cases

Gayathri Kamalanathan acted in Supreme Court car dealer finance case

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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 28d

Gayathri Kamalanathan at @slaughterandmay.bsky.social , @thetimes.com's Lawyer of the Week, on the best & worst elements of being a lawyer?: Winning and losing, but as a litigator I have learnt that you need to work out carefully the difference between the two.' www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Gayathri Kamalanathan, a partner at the law firm Slaughter and May, successfully acted for Close Brothers in the Supreme Court’s landmark decision determining that motor dealers acting as a credit