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£500,000 fine for solicitor who turned terraced house into office
Failure to pay up could result in a five-year prison sentence Credit: Ealing News Extra A solicitor who repeatedly ignored warnings from council bigwigs to stop using his terraced house as an office...
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‘Uncritical reliance’ on AI in criminal justice could lead to ‘wrong...
Warning contained in new commission report “An uncritical reliance on tech” in the justice system is raising alarm bells for the Law Society. In a report published this week, Chancery Lane highlights a...
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Firm charges law students £695 for ‘virtual internship’
Company co-founder accepts it’s ‘a bit controversial’ “We realise that [it] is a bit controversial”, says Virtual Internships co-founder Edward Holroyd Pearce. You can say that again: Pearce’s firm is...
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Clients more concerned about robots than lawyers, says legal AI chief
> Innovation through technology has become more sophisticated and intelligent in recent years, intensifying the threat to lawyer jobs. Yet, it has been suggested that clients are now more fearful...
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Ban for former Ropes & Gray London trainee who ‘traced’ client’s signature
Failed to act with integrity, according to SRA decision A former Ropes & Gray London trainee has been barred from working in the legal profession after she was found to have reproduced a client’s...
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A solicitor at work has sent me an Instagram follow request
What should I do? In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one solicitor needs advice on how to handle a colleague’s follow request on social media. “I am a solicitor at a regional...
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No misconduct trial for Boris Johnson after High Court intervenes
Summons for allegedly lying during Brexit referendum quashed Credit: Wikimedia commons The High Court has reversed a decision to issue a summons against Boris Johnson for allegedly lying to voters...
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Clifford Chance follows Freshfields with £100,000 NQ solicitor pay
Six-figure sum includes bonus Clifford Chance has followed Freshfields’ lead and upped newly qualified (NQ) solicitor pay to £100,000, it emerged this morning. Junior lawyers at Clifford Chance’s...
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How lawtech looked in the 90s
Ahead of our ‘Innovation and the law’ event on Wednesday in Reading, ULaw campus dean Sarah Pooley reveals how it’s long been a feature of legal practice and what it now means for future lawyers When...
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MPs demand clampdown on lawyers who help bosses cover up sexual harassment
Regulators like the Law Society not doing enough on dodgy non-disclosure agreements, report says Regulators should clamp down on lawyers who draw up dodgy non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to cover up...
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London NQ pay at Skadden hits £133,000
Rises for rookies too The London office of US law firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has boosted newly qualified (NQ) solicitor pay by a healthy 13%. The uplift means Skadden’s junior lawyers...
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White & Case boosts London trainee solicitor pay by 6%
£48,000 in year one, rising to £53,000 in year two The London office of US law firm White & Case has upped trainee solicitor pay by as much as 6%. The firm, which dishes out around 50 training...
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New City law firm recruitment portal targets grads with good grades against...
Diversity hiring specialist Rare wants to help outfits unearth ‘historically hidden talent’ and boost social mobility A graduate recruitment company has launched a new online portal which it says will...
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Vegans should be legally exempt from workplace tea rounds, argues London lawyer
They shouldn’t be asked to handle cows’ milk Vegan workers should be legally exempt from doing the office tea round on the grounds of discrimination, a London lawyer has argued. Employment law...
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Penningtons Manches and Thomas Cooper confirm tie-up
UK player to merge with shipping specialist to create new £90 million outfit Top 50 UK law firm Penningtons Manches has confirmed it is to merge with shipping law specialist Thomas Cooper. The new...
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Mayer Brown posts 82% trainee solicitor retention rate
Nine out of 11 rookies secure full time positions The London office of international law firm Mayer Brown has chalked up an autumn retention score of 82%. Of the 11 trainees due to qualify this...
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6 essentials for summer training contract hunters
What we learned from an hour listening to five top lawyers Ahead of the summer training contract application deadline, five lawyers gathered at the latest Legal Cheek and The University of Law (ULaw)...
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Herbert Smith Freehills partner reported to SRA over ‘aggressive and...
Allegedly told sexual harassment claimant’s lawyers she’d be ‘toast’ An alleged victim of sexual harassment who brought legal action against her former employers has accused Herbert Smith Freehills...
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Magic circle and US law firms ‘must change the way they work’ or face ‘doom’,...
Will £100k+ for newly qualified solicitors prove a high water mark? Magic circle and US law firms which pay junior lawyers ‘MoneyLaw’ salaries of £100,000 or more risk creating a culture of extreme...
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Tory leadership debate: Legal Twitterati slams ex-magic circle lawyer Dominic...
The criticism came thick and fast Dominic Raab (credit: Channel 4) Ex-magic circler Dominic Raab MP came under fire from lawyers on social media for his questionable performance during Channel 4’s Tory...
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