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‘You’re fired’: Louise Mensch ditches her lawyer… on Twitter
A very public spat Ex-MP and journalist Louise Mensch Former Conservative MP turned investigative journalist Louise Mensch appears to have dropped her pro bono lawyer in an extraordinary Twitter row....
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Autumn retention season: The good, the bad and the ugly
Legal Cheek reflects on the latest NQ results With the 2017 autumn retention season drawing to a close, now seems the time to reflect on what’s been a summer of triumphant highs, solid mid-table scores...
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Event: Bitcoin, blockchain & smart contracts — and the next generation of...
Norton Rose Fulbright fintech lawyers share their experiences from the tech frontiers Commercial Awareness Question Time is back, with the first session of the new 2017-18 academic year taking place...
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Withers teams up with BPP to launch ‘earn while you learn’ solicitor...
International law firm embraces government-backed Trailblazer scheme Left to right: Halima Khanum, Evelyn Gowlett, Sabrina Saber and Alex Hirsh. Withers has joined forces with BPP Law School to become...
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Judge complains after being handed bundle containing 2,000 pages of ‘largely...
Size really does matter, according to Mr Justice Holgate A High Court judge has fired off a warning to lawyers that unreasonably large trial bundles will not be tolerated after being handed 2,000 pages...
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Manchester Law School scholarship to boost number of black males entering...
Students will receive £3,000 for each year of their undergraduate degrees The University of Manchester’s School of Law is launching a new scholarship designed to help boost the number of black males...
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Labour law lead could back illegal strike
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon won’t say whether he backs unlawful action Richard Burgon MP Labour’s spokesman on law and the justice system has refused to say whether or not he would support...
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City law thriving as regional firms struggle, report reveals
92% of Square Mile outfits grew last year, with lawyer numbers up 7.5% Legal firms based in the City of London have had another bumper year, according to a report published today. Ninety-two percent of...
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The lawyer who works from his garden on some of the best-known cases in Britain
Leading media lawyer Jonathan Coad on his switch from Lewis Silkin equity partner to Keystone Law consultant “I really can’t think of any downsides,” says highly successful media lawyer, Jonathan Coad,...
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Simmons & Simmons reveals 78% NQ retention result
As international outfit Covington & Burling posts 83% score The London office of Simmons & Simmons has confirmed a 2017 autumn retention figure of 78%. Simmons, which dishes out roughly 35...
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Research: Lawyers take just 36 minutes for their lunch
And close to half rarely leave the office to eat Image via Facebook The average lawyer takes just over half an hour for their lunch break, according to new research published this week. The findings,...
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Robot lawyer offering legal assistance to Equifax hack victims is UK bound
London-born student sets sights on credit report giant A robot lawyer offering free legal assistance to those affected by the Equifax data breach is bound for the UK, according to its 20-year-old...
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Number of lawyers in Justice Committee drops by almost a third as new members...
Now there’s only one solicitor Portcullis House, Westminster, London The new faces of the Justice Committee have been revealed, and 29% less of them are lawyers than previously. At the end of May 2017...
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Why lawyers need to loosen the ‘stiff upper lip’
Macho demonstrations of ‘resilience’ are overrated Prince Harry started something earlier this year when he admitted that he had sought counselling recently to help him deal with the death of his...
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Clyde & Co and Berwin Leighton Paisner reveal trainee retention peformances
79% and 67% scores Clyde & Co and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have announced dissimilar retention performances, as another unpredictable autumn qualification season draws to a close. First up,...
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DLA Piper keeps 75 NQs as Addleshaw Goddard retains 38 rookies
From sizeable cohorts come solid results DLA Piper and Addleshaw Goddard have unveiled their 2017 retention results. From a huge qualifying cohort of 96, DLA Piper confirmed that 75 soon-to-be...
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CMS has announced its long-awaited retention rate, keeps 43 NQs
66% for newly-merged firm New firm CMS has unveiled its first retention rate since its three-way merger went live in May. After months of speculation about its trainee and newly qualified lawyer (NQ)...
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Why blockchain is here to stay as a force for good
Lawyers have a central role to play as fast-growing technology gains traction, Norton Rose Fulbright fintech partner Victoria Birch tells Alex Wade Satoshi Nakamoto — the inventor of the worldwide...
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Retention latest: HFW and Charles Russell Speechlys reveal September scores
Results of 80% and 71% HFW’s London office London-headquarterd firms HFW and Charles Russell Speechlys have posted their autumn retention scores. First up HFW, which revealed to Legal Cheek that eight...
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Squire Patton Boggs boosts London junior lawyer salaries by 10%
Exclusive: As it records disappointing autumn retention result International firm Squire Patton Boggs has increased its London and regional newly qualified (NQ) salaries by 10% and 5% respectively....
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