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Selfie-taking lawyer gored by bull during Spanish festival
US criminal defence specialist recovering in hospital Credit: Atkins525 via Wikimedia Commons A US lawyer has been gored in the neck having reportedly defied strict rules to snap a selfie during the...
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City firm financials: Macfarlanes, Ashurst and Herbert Smith Freehills...
A trio of top City outfits have released their 2018/19 financial results. Single-office-outfit Macfarlanes confirmed turnover was up 8% to £217 million and operating profit hit £111 million, a rise of...
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Slaughter and May keeps 37 out of 40 newly qualifying trainee solicitors
Strong 93% retention result comes as magic circle firm ups GDL maintenance grant to £10,000 Slaughter and May’s London office Magic circle player Slaughter and May has confirmed an autumn 2019...
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Travers Smith joins NQ salary war with package of up to £110,500
Boost comes as City player confirms 4% bump in PEP to £1.25 million Travers Smith has become the latest law firm to join the City’s growing war over junior lawyer talent, upping its total newly...
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Criminal bar chief creates Love Island translator for lawyers
‘Got a text’ = a new brief has arrived in chambers The return of Love Island means it’s time to brace yourself for a raft of bizarre but catchy lingo thrown about the Majorcan villa. We’ve already...
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Aspiring lawyers shouldn’t lose sight of the basics
A panel of experts discuss coding, AI and how soft skills remain paramount Should aspiring lawyers, aiming to woo over increasingly tech-savvy firms, learn to code? For training contract seekers up...
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Average partner profits at Allen & Overy and Linklaters hit £1.7 million
Rises of 1% and 11% Global duo Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have become the latest members of the magic circle to post their 2018/19 financial figures. A&O confirmed a 1% bump in...
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Clifford Chance posts 87% autumn trainee retention score
41 out of 47 qualifying trainees stay put The London office of magic circle law firm Clifford Chance has posted an autumn retention score of 87%. Of the 47 trainees due to qualify this September, 41...
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New Winckworth Sherwood partner emails 600 contacts on first day on the job —...
Blunder reported to UK data watchdog A new partner at Winckworth Sherwood has landed himself in a spot of bother on his first day on the job after forgetting to blind carbon copy (Bcc) hundreds of...
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Former Skadden London lawyer caught up in Trump-Russia probe struck off for...
City solicitor Alex van der Zwaan accepts professional ban following short jail spell Alex van der Zwaan A former associate at Skadden has been banned from practising law after lying to FBI...
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Ashurst joins City pay war with £105,000 NQ solicitor package
Base rate of £84,000 plus bonus City player Ashurst has bumped the salaries of its London newly qualified (NQ) solicitors following a pay review. The silver circle outfit confirmed today that its...
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Kings Chambers teams up with social mobility charity to launch legal...
Each participant will receive £100 to buy suitable clothing Manchester Kings Chambers has launched a new legal work experience initiative aimed at widening opportunities for Manchester’s disadvantaged...
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UK public prefers Obama over Blair as their ‘ideal lawyer’, survey finds
Hillary Clinton and Nelson Mandela also score highly Barack Obama (credit: Pete Souza) and Tony Blair Harvard law grad Barack Obama wins a whopping 30% of the UK public’s vote on who they would want as...
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Simmons & Simmons ups newly qualified solicitor base salaries to £79,000
Junior lawyer earnings could exceed £100,000 with bonuses, says firm Simmons & Simmons has become the latest City player to up the base salaries of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers. It confirmed...
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Extinction Rebellion park boat named in memory of popular eco-barrister...
Traffic brought to a standstill Credit: Extinction Rebellion (Twitter) The environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion has parked a boat outside the main entrance of the Royal Courts of Justice...
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6 City law firms secure spots on LGBT ‘Top Global Employers’ list
Stonewall index celebrates businesses inclusion efforts Six City law firms have secured places on this year’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) ‘Top Global Employers’ list. Produced by the...
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Taylor Wessing raises NQ solicitor pay to £77,000 plus bonus in package worth...
City pay war continues Taylor Wessing has upped the base salaries of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers by a healthy 8% as the war over junior talent in the City intensifies. The outfit confirmed its...
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‘A terrible day for the poor and disadvantaged’: Legal aid cuts force closure...
Lambeth not-for-profit goes to the wall with immediate effect Lambeth Law Centre has closed down with immediate effect as it emerged that half of all not-for-profit legal advice providers have gone the...
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Junior lawyer numbers set to rocket following SQE roll-out, predicts...
Super-exam also tipped as pro-diversity by entrepreneur The Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) could lead to four times as many solicitors, Mark Edwards, senior vice-president of Rocket Lawyer, the...
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Baker McKenzie ups NQ solicitor pay by almost A QUARTER to £95,000
Potential earnings could exceed £100,000 with bonus Baker McKenzie announced today a whopping 23% increase in its pay packet for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors to £95,000. The package includes a...
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