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Linklaters asks lawyers to disclose romantic relationships — if there might...
As magic circle titan launches harassment helpline Linklaters has asked its lawyers to disclose personal relationships which could lead to conflicts of interest within the workplace. The magic circle...
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Pinsent Masons, Eversheds Sutherland, DLA Piper and CMS trump magic circle...
Based on opinions of almost 500 legal counsel A plethora of City outfits have greater brand power than their elite magic circle counterparts, according to an index released this week. Acritas’ UK Law...
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Boxer Tony Bellew calls law firm partner ‘Will from The Inbetweeners’ in...
Then actor who played TV show’s Jay turned up and handed him glasses and a briefcase Tony Bellew has taken an Inbetweeners-inspired swipe at the lawyer of fellow boxer David Haye, ahead of the duo’s...
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‘I studied law at Cambridge and worked at Clifford Chance, now I own an...
Multi-tasking pro Helen Tse speaks to Legal Cheek about being a law firm partner, restauranteur, businesswoman and published author, all at the same time To describe Helen Tse’s career as...
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Legal aid row: ‘Go back to the drawing board’, Labour tells government ahead...
Over 100 chambers now refusing to take on new legal aid cases The Shadow Justice Secretary, Richard Burgon, has urged the government to rethink controversial changes to criminal legal aid ahead of this...
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‘The SQE is a floor on which we can build things, not a ceiling to limit us’
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s Future of Legal Education and Training Conference on 23 May, Adam Curphey, White & Case solicitor turned head of innovation technology at BPP University Law School, discusses...
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My training contract isn’t what I thought it’d be — what now?
Wondering if there is a life outside law In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one once-aspiring solicitor now wonders whether the law is for him. “I’m getting towards the end of a...
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Ex-Cleary Gottlieb secretary amasses secret £6.6 million fortune after...
Her closest friends and family had no idea A former legal secretary at US law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton accumulated a secret fortune in excess of $9 million (£6.6 million) after...
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Lord Chancellor wants more top City lawyers to become judges
But they’ll likely need to take a pay cut The Lord Chancellor, David Gauke, has told the House of Lords’ Constitution Committee that he wants to see more high-flying City lawyers join the judiciary....
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Tort lawyers won’t be required in 30 years, suggests top judge
Could Donoghue v Stevenson be ditched from law school syllabuses? A top judge has said he doubts whether lawyers will be involved with tort law and personal injury cases in three decades’ time. Sir...
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Top litigation partner sacked over inappropriate behaviour allegations
Firm ‘will not tolerate abusive behaviour from anyone’ Mark Hastings, a London partner at Quinn Emanuel (QE), has been booted out of the firm over allegations of inappropriate behaviour. QE says it...
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Event: Innovation in the law — with Pinsent Masons in Glasgow
Commercial Awareness Question Time comes to Scotland Legal Cheek is partnering with Pinsent Masons for its first ever student commercial awareness event in Scotland. The session, entitled ‘Innovation...
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How three successful lawyers developed their soft skills
Hardwicke’s Brie Stevens-Hoare QC, Herbert Smith Freehills’ Sid Shukla and Axiom’s Atik Ahmed share their experiences Three successful lawyers told an audience of nearly 50 solicitors and barristers...
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The super-exam uncertainty that lies ahead
The SQE presents an opportunity ‘to do something dynamic and innovative’, says ULaw chief Peter Crisp, if a clear framework can be agreed Peter Crisp, The University of Law Pro Vice Chancellor External...
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Herbert Smith Freehills follows Linklaters in asking lawyers to disclose...
Staff urged to use ‘common sense’ Herbert Smith Freehills. Image credit: Instagram (@totakimateusz) Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has become the second City outfit to ask its partners, lawyers and...
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DLA Piper to launch in Dublin as firm predicts influx of financial services...
Not the first outfit to rock up in Ireland since the referendum Dublin DLA Piper is launching an office in Dublin to take advantage of what the global titan predicts will be an influx of financial...
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‘Time spent being innovative counts towards billable targets,’ Reed Smith...
Following a successful pilot Reed Smith is rolling out a new scheme that rewards its lawyers for being innovative. The global outfit’s Innovation Hours programme means lawyers can now allocate up to 50...
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Glass houses: MPs slam Slaughter and May’s ‘bogus’ gender pay stats, but firm...
Blame game begins over why City outfits didn’t include partners MPs didn’t hold back yesterday when they quizzed Slaughter and May‘s head of human resources, Louise Meikle, about the firm’s lack of...
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How one global law firm is preparing for the end of the GDL and LPC
Ahead of the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference on 23 May, Hogan Lovells training principal Crispin Rapinet talks about his firm’s plans for the new solicitor super-exam Crispin Rapinet,...
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Being a corporate lawyer is a ‘bulls**t job’, argues LSE professor
City law jobs are totally pointless A professor at the London School of Economics has argued that corporate law is a bullshit job. “Huge swathes of people”, including lawyers, “spend their days...
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