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Nearly 30%
Judges and barristers have the largest gender pay gap of any profession in the UK, according to new research.
With an average pay difference of £8.31 per hour, judges and barristers top the list of largest gender pay gaps with a difference of 29.1%....

The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Sex offender banned from using AI tools in landmark UK case [The Guardian]
Is crime in the UK really on the rise? The reality in charts [The Times] (£)

Cost of living creating and worsening legal issues
Only half of the public received professional advice when facing a legal issue over the last four years, a new report has found.
The Legal Needs Survey 2023, commissioned by the Law Society and the Legal Services Board, shows that, whilst two thirds (66%) of people surveyed in England and Wales have experienced legal issues in the last four year, only 52% received professional...

God complexes, gatekeeping and more
On Instagram, Legal Cheek recently posed a (controversial?) question to its nearly 100k followers: what are the worst law student traits? It’s no secret that law students don’t tend to be the most beloved on campus, but we were curious to know how law...