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Regulator issues ‘what not to do’ social media guide for solicitors amid rise...
Just days after a law firm partner was sanctioned following anti-Semitic Facebook rant The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been moved to issue a profession-wide warning about social media...
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Magic circle top payer opts against raising NQ pay above £85k, dashing ‘100...
Freshfields to stick rather than twist Magic circle outfit Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has confirmed that the pay packets of its junior and trainee lawyers will remain unchanged, all but ending...
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Anger as City law’s only Michelin-starred chef ‘forced out’ of Watson Farley...
Exclusive: The famous Philippe Roth exits after 14 years at firm Lawyers at Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) are struggling to adjust to an underwhelming new culinary regime after its legendary...
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Eight tech start-ups set to join Allen & Overy’s hipster-esque ‘Fuse’...
Well-known AI system and asylum advice app among successful applicants Magic circle titan Allen & Overy has revealed the identities of the eight tech business joining its in-house innovation hub...
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‘Karate lawyer’ promises to take out corrupt judges using martial arts...
‘What I lack in formal legal qualifications, I make up for in karate moves’ What would it look like if a karate expert entered the legal services market? Despite being a question that literally nobody...
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The best law books that aren’t To Kill a Mockingbird
Legal Cheek team’s picks If you’re about to start a law degree, have legal profession aspirations or are just interested in the subject, you may want to grab yourself a law-themed book. But, aside from...
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Trainee solicitor who charged clients for legal advice handed 18-month...
Training contract disaster A trainee solicitor has been handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence after providing illegal immigration advice to clients. Babar Khan of Sydenham, south east London,...
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London via the back door: Do I accept my Midlands training contract offer?
Sights set on the City In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, a City-chaser turns his nose up at his Midlands training contract offer. I have just finished my law degree at the...
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The demise of family law? Courts now ‘largely inaccessible’ and...
As solicitor is lambasted for ‘extremely serious professional errors’ in complex child abuse case Sir James Munby, the president of the Family Division of the High Court, has lambasted the family...
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Law Society fails to strike out negligence claim after bogus firm appeared on...
Case can now go to trial The Law Society of England and Wales has failed to strike out a negligence claim after a “fraudster” and a bogus law firm appeared on its ‘Find a Solicitor’ (FAS) search...
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Anglo-Aussie break up: Stock market-listed Slater and Gordon confirms split...
Decision follows a string of disappointing financial results Aussie-listed Slater and Gordon (S&G) has confirmed it will break off its UK operations and hand control over to the firm’s senior...
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Travers Smith keeps 18 of its 20 NQs following summer salary boost
City outfit chalks up impressive 90% autumn rate Travers Smith has confirmed that 18 of its 20 trainees due to qualify this month are staying put. This gives the firm, which offers around 25 training...
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Secret trainees are revealing what City law life is really like
Elitist partners, recruitment event fibs and shafted PAs A trio of City trainees are riskily delving beyond the glossy graduate recruitment brochures and providing wannabe lawyers with an unfiltered...
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Tribunal tells SRA to review its guidance on solicitors having sex with clients
Plea comes as SDT fines lawyer £8,500 for failing to disclose relationship A disciplinary tribunal has urged the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to review the guidance it gives to members of the...
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Bond Dickinson unveils 81% retention score as firm prepares for US mega merger
Tie-up with North Carolina’s Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice will go live next month Bond Dickinson has posted a solid 81% autumn retention score just weeks before its US mega merger is scheduled...
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Trio of magic circle training contract offers for LSE student who grew up on...
Panashe Jinga has turned down Linklaters and Allen & Overy to train at Freshfields A London School of Economics (LSE) student who admits he didn’t have the smoothest start in life has revealed he...
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Clifford Chance keeps 42 out of 52 autumn NQs
Magic circle giant bounces back from disappointing spring result Clifford Chance has revealed a 2017 autumn retention score of 81%. Of the 52 trainees due to qualify this month, 42 will be taking up...
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Miriam González: Now is the time for students to get into EU law
Cash in on the uncertainty Miriam González and Katie King The government is really not making a good job of Brexit negotiations. Miriam González would go as far as to say it’s wasted the year. Over...
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Tattooed lawyer stuns thousands of followers with shower selfies and...
Hot faces win cases A law firm partner and model has wowed, or perhaps shocked, social media with his far from discreet selfies. Business and entertainment lawyer Billy Flynn Gadbois (no link to...
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Norton Rose Fulbright reveals Newcastle support hub expansion plan
But there won’t be TCs in the Toon anytime soon Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has revealed plans to further strengthen its foothold up North with the expansion of its Newcastle legal...
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