Latest legal news

Several large practices in the UK are to take on 18-year old school leavers who will qualify as legal apprentices in 18 months. | 13yrs

Two law professors have been rebuked by judges over their 17-year old divorce proceedings - a battle which has lasted seven years longer than the marriage. | 13yrs

Ghana is preparing a new oil exploration and production law to cover new finds and production in the last six years. | 13yrs

Legal outsourcing provider Integreon has upped its volunteering with a record 2600 hours last year. | 13yrs

Going down the product liability route may be a better route for business owners faced with counterfeiting issues. Paolo Beconcini discusses the role of AQSIQ. | 13yrs

A tenth of China's band of 250,000 lawyers have been enrolled into the government legal service to boost the creation of a government based on the rule of law. | 13yrs

Spanish law firm Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira has upped its cool factor with the launch of a new legal App. | 13yrs

Over 20 UK accountancy firms have indicated an interest to their regulator in being given ABS (Alternative Business Structure) status. | 13yrs

Fenwick Elliot, the UK-based construction and energy specialists, are to open a Dubai office early next year. | 13yrs

The role of company secretary is being broadened under the newly-adopted Companies Bill 2012 which has just been passed in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. | 13yrs

Four judges in Shanghai have been sacked after a night of karaoke, drinking and sex. | 13yrs

The Berlusconi case has taken another unexpected turn as Italy's Justice Minister has ordered an inquiry which could lead to disciplinary proceedings against the senior judge who recently sentenced the former prime minister to prison or house arrest. | 13yrs

The start of today's fourth Ashes match at Chester-le-Street is not the only cricket-related contest going on in town. | 13yrs

America's largest consumer law firm is to link up with a UK law firm in a bid to become the largest privately-owned, full service consumer legal group in the world. | 13yrs

A new UN legal chief was appointed on Wednesday as Ireland's Patricia O'Brien bows out. | 13yrs

Strategic flirting by women is more likely to take place in aggressive, masculine workplaces - but it does not help get the women ahead. | 13yrs

Professional indemnity insurers are starting to influence the development of the UK legal profession as they play a role in letting law firm mergers go ahead or stopping them. | 13yrs

Addleshaw Goddard is seeking regulatory approval to establish a formal association between its Hong Kong office and local practice Stewien & Co. | 13yrs

A former Baker & McKenzie lawyer who last year pleaded guilty to money laundering and involvement in a $55 million securities fraud has been sentenced to two years in prison. | 13yrs