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Ex-SRA policy chief launches business to help law firms decipher super-exam...
Crispin Passmore quit regulator last month Crispin Passmore The Solicitor Regulation Authority’s (SRA) former director of policy, Crispin Passmore, has launched a new consultancy business to help law...
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Law Society warns justice system at ‘breaking point’ as it releases animated...
‘Poor Peter’ is accused of a crime he didn’t commit Years of government cuts and underfunding has left our criminal justice system at “absolute breaking point”, the Law Society has warned. Speaking at...
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Salad loving lawyers crowned UK’s ‘healthiest profession’
Legal professionals most ‘selective eaters’, Deliveroo data reveals As office goers struggle to steer clear of vending machines and to stick to their post-Christmas foody resolutions, new (and very...
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Super-exam architect Julie Brannan on LLB-SQEs, new law...
Scrapping the GDL and LPC is really gonna shake things up Julie Brannan speaking at last year’s Future of Legal Education and Training Conference The debate surrounding the Solicitors Qualifying...
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Allen & Overy keeps 39 out of 47 qualifying trainees
Spring score of 83% Allen & Overy (A&O) has posted its latest retention score. From a March qualifying cohort of 47, the magic circle player confirmed it made 40 offers. With 39 accepting, this...
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DWF to push ahead with flotation in UK’s largest law firm listing
An important step for future growth, says global outfit’s chief DWF’s London office Global law firm DWF has today announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). In an update...
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Law Society ups recommended trainee minimum salary by 2.6%
£22,121 in London and £19,619 elsewhere The Law Society has suggested a 2.6% rise to the minimum salary for trainee solicitors across England and Wales. As things stand, the Law Society recommends...
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‘Terribly let down’: Whistleblowing trainee solicitor hits back at strike off...
Emily Scott was struck off after reporting fraud De Vita Platt Solicitors (credit: Google) A young solicitor who was struck off after blowing the whistle on misconduct at her former firm has said she...
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Allen & Overy launches Belfast training contracts
Open to grads currently working in the magic circle outfit’s Northern Irish centre Allen & Overy (A&O) has launched a training contract scheme in Northern Ireland. The new route to...
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My life as a lawyer advising on the online retail revolution
Ahead of ‘How tech is changing finance, retail and the law’ with Womble Bond Dickinson in Southampton on Thursday, we caught up with one of the firm’s top commercial property partners Alistair Walton...
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Ayesha Vardag: From pregnant magic circle trainee to £845-an-hour Queen of...
High-flying family lawyer reflects on incredible life in candid interview Ayesha Vardag — image credit: Vardags Ayesha Vardag is one of the world’s most renowned divorce lawyers. The high-flying ‘diva...
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Two Barclays lawyers killed in Italian avalanche
Colleagues ‘devastated by the loss’ Tangopaso Barclays confirmed this morning that two of its lawyers were among those killed in an avalanche in the Italian Alps over the weekend. Matt Ziegler, 43, an...
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Law firm sent letters with Latin phrases including ‘ab initio’ and ‘prima...
Example of ‘poor service’ appears in Legal Ombudsman guidance A law firm sent a client with a learning difficulty letters “full of technical and Latin phrases”, it has emerged. The example of “poor...
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High Court blocks ex-Linklaters director from revealing what he called firm’s...
Injunction stops former employee disclosing information concerning three incidents Linklaters has been granted a temporary injunction preventing a former director of business development disclosing...
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Ex-Linklaters partner who sexually assaulted student intern at Oktoberfest...
Jailed for three years and three months Munich Gerhard Blank A former partner at Linklaters who was found guilty of sexually assaulting a student intern has had his conviction upheld by a German court....
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‘Turning law into justice’: Lord Harley returns with flashy new website
Former solicitor-advocate faces fraud retrial after collapsing in court last month Former solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker, aka Lord Harley, has a flashy new legal website. News of Blacker’s online...
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SRA defends decision to prosecute ‘bullied’ trainee solicitor whistleblower
Emily Scott was struck off despite reporting firm’s fraud The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has robustly defended its decision to prosecute a former trainee solicitor for fraud despite a...
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DWF looks to raise £75 million from London Stock Exchange flotation
A quarter of the firm up for sale DWF’s London office International law firm DWF today formally announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in a move expected to raise around...
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Court evacuated after lawyer turns up covered in bed bugs
‘I don’t even think he cared,’ says security guard Piotr Naskrecki A US court building was evacuated last week after a lawyer reportedly turned up covered in bed bugs. The bizarre incident occurred at...
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Aspiring City lawyers need to be open-minded and flexible
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s student careers event in Cambridge on Wednesday, White & Case associate Ralph Goodchild shares his story and what he learnt along the way Ralph Goodchild Ralph Goodchild is...
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